i am joined here by our political correspondent leila nathoo. what is the view from westminster on how this possible deal is progressing? i think it is very much still in progress. we were led to believe last night that the agreement had been reached, certainly the principles of an agreement for the dup to support the government on a confidence and supply basis, the dup getting the conservative government backing on key votes like the budget, but then the dup had this clarification that the talks have been positive so far but they are very much still ongoing next week. there is a sense of theresa may and her people trying to push the pace on this, both when she went to the palace to see the queen and indeed with these clarifications going on overnight about where exactly the deal is, all the progress of the deal is? absolutely, there has to be a deal agreed as quickly as possible for theresa may to bolster her position, she is very vulnerable at the moment without this deal in place because only when that deal is in black—and—white on paper

leila nathoo, bbc news. jeremy corbyn‘s attending a series of events today, he spent much of the morning in lincolnshire and nottinghamshire. the focus of the labour leader's campaign message has today been social care and the nhs. he promised to put more money into social care, scrap the pay cap for nurses, and reinstate the nurse bursary. the liberal democrat candidate simon hughes has unveiled a poster attacking the conservatives social care plans. simon hughes unveiled the image in westminster. the poster features a picture of theresa may with the caption ‘hash tag dementiatax. don't bet your house on it'. nicola sturgeon is undertaking a tour of 30 constituencies by helicopter. she took to the skies in the final weekend of election campaigning and is visiting six key constituencies over the course of saturday. the snp won 56 of the 59 seats in scotland in 2015, i record result which polls suggest they will struggle to match this time around. speaking to the bbc, nicola sturgeon said she would be wil

leila nathoo, bbc news. jeremy corbyn has been attending a series of events today and spent most of the day in lincolnshire and nottinghamshire, where he is now. the focus of the labour leader's campaign message today has been social care and the nhs. he also promised to put more money into social care, scrap the pay cap for nurses and reinstate the nurse bursary. let's talk to our correspondent, dan johnson, bursary. let's talk to our correspondent, danjohnson, who is with jeremy corbyn correspondent, danjohnson, who is withjeremy corbyn in nottinghamshire. dan, jeremy corbyn has been speaking. what has he been saying? he hasjust given a big rally here in hucknall in north nottinghamshire. a familiar message, really, talking about the fairness he thinks this country deserves and the way he thinks that greater fairness for all should be spread throughout this country. he didn't tell this crowd his views on the conservative tax plans, that story that has been in the news this morning about whether the conserv

leila nathoo, bbc news. the liberal democrat candidate simon hughes has unveiled a poster attacking the conservatives' social care plans. simon hughes unveiled the image in westminster. the poster features a picture of theresa may with the caption "#dementiatax. don't bet your house on it." the former ukip leader nigel farage has been on the campaign trail in essex ahead of a visit to thanet, where he lost two years ago. mr farage spent the morning touring the thurrock constituency with ukip candidate tim aker. his trip comes a day after it emerged the conservative candidate for south thanet, craig mackinlay, has been charged with allegedly overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. mr mackinlay denies any wrongdoing. an 18—year—old man has died after being shot in liverpool. merseyside police say armed officers and the ambulance service were called after the injured teenager was found on or near lodge lane in the toxteth area last night. he was later pronounced deadin last night. he was later p

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leila nathoo, bbc news. our reporter travelling withjeremy corbyn is danjohnson — he joins us now from beeston in nottinghamshire. nottinghamshire is a labour heartlands. parts of nottinghamshire but not this seat, this is a conservative held seat but1 that jeremy corbyn would very much like to win back. that‘s why he has been campaigning here today, that‘s why he is giving a speech just now, wrapping up in the community centre here. hundreds of people have turned out to hear him and they couldn‘t all fit out to hear him and they couldn‘t allfit in, so out to hear him and they couldn‘t all fit in, so he hasjust finished julius reach inside the community centre. and see people leaving now, and they were expecting him to come outside and get some of his teacher against the benefit of these who came to see him but didn‘t send the building. he made a point to that he keeps doing these rallies and people keeps doing these rallies and people keep turning up in different parts of the country, to hear

here is our political correspondent leila nathoo. deal a loan deal. confusion over an announcement last night whether the dup had already come to an agreement with the conservative party. today, clarification that talks were still ongoing. we have had very good discussions with the conservative party about how we could help forming a national government to bring stability to the government. these discussions continue. but we have made good progress. no news on what the medium and on return, but their social conservative views may conflict with conservatives wishing to modernise. this will be a supply arrangement. certain things like voting for the queen's speech, making sure the budget goes through and issues of the fence. it will be and issues of the fence. it will be a french aerial arrangement. it depends on how long the prime minister can last. i think we will know very shortly. we could get to the middle of next week. she is flawed. she is in a desperate position where her situation is untenable. if theresa may does remain resident, there will be

with me now is our political correspondent leila nathoo. she is at westminster for us. the prime minister is not only coming under criticism from labour over her handling of the response to donald trump's decision on climate change but from other political parties too? you heard some of the claims that were put to theresa may about her handling of her situation, which she has been strongly criticised by labour, one of the most strong attacks we've had from jeremy corbyn on theresa may, questioning her leadership. that has been her tactic in the election campaign, jeremy corbyn saying to her that it shows a dereliction of duty and she is being subservient to donald trump by not criticising him more strongly. the other allegation against theresa may, the liberal democrats say, if we have such a special relationship with the usa, this is exactly the time for that special relationship to be put into action, to use your influence, whatever that is, over president trump to try and persuade him to change his mind. there was a window that she could have, perhaps, used to persua

our political correspondent, leila nathoo reports. deal or no deal — confusion last night from downing street over whether the dup had already decided to back theresa may and give her the majority she lacks. this morning, clarification that talks were still ongoing. we had very good discussions yesterday with the conservative party in relation to how we could support them in forming a national government that would bring stability to the nation, and those discussions continue. we have made good progress but that discussions continue. no detail yet on what they will demand in return. will they are socially conservative views clash with a tory party wanting to modernise? there will be no formal coalition, at most, only support for key votes. this is what is traditionally called a confidence and supply arrangement, where the dup will support us on big things like voting for the queen's speech, budget and finance. they support us on defence, on the big issues. it will be a fragile arrangement. doubts over how long the prime minister can

nathoo is in westminster. there are are are still some sticking points with whatever these details are? that's right, theresa may has already outlined the broad thrust of what she intends to offered to those 3 million eu citizens currently living in the uk. she has said those who have been here a lot play for five years will be given a package of rights including education, welfare, using the health service and pensions. everything british citizens have apart from the right to vote. but there are many unanswered questions yet on the details surrounding this proposal, for example, what would be the cut—off date for eligibility for those citizens to apply for this new settled status as it is called? we know the government says it will be sometime between the end of march this year when we formally began the process of leaving the eu and in two yea rs' process of leaving the eu and in two years' time when we actually read but we don't have a date as yet. we don't know what will happen to the relatives of those

our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undecided voters and shore up support among the tory base. theresa may was forced to clarify the conservatives‘ tax policies morning after senior cabinet members suggested income tax rises would be off the table. opposition on tax has not changed. we set it out in the manifesto. —— oui’ we set it out in the manifesto. —— our position. what people will know when they go to vote on thursday is that it when they go to vote on thursday is thatitis when they go to vote on thursday is that it is the conservative party it a lwa ys that it is the conservative party it always has been, and always will be always has been, and always will be a low tax party. it‘s our intention to further reduce taxes for ordinary working families. her manifesto only ruled out increasing vat claiming the conservatives ‘s intention was to reduce taxes for working families. but with no firm promise on income tax, the defence secretary used an interview in a newspaper to cer

here's our political correspondent leila nathoo on how the parties are pushing their brexit messages. she wants to move on, to dig herself out of the whole of last night's debate no—show, and on to the safer ground of brexit. a brighterfuture awaits, she says, but only she can get us there. i want us to work together to fulfil the promise of brexit too. because if we get brexit right, then together we can do great things. we can build a britain beyond brexit, that is stronger, fairerand beyond brexit, that is stronger, fairer and even more prosperous than it is today. but the liberal democrats think she would be taking britain down the wrong path. they claim the economy has already suffered, and there would be worse to come. i think what people want to know is why on earth the conservatives want to pursue such an extreme version of brexit, which will not just take extreme version of brexit, which will notjust take account of extreme version of brexit, which will not just take account of the extreme version of brexit, which will notjust take account of the eu but also harm our econom

our political correspondent, leila nathoo reports. deal or no deal — confusion last night from downing street over whether the dup had already decided to back theresa may and give her the majority she lacks. this morning, clarification that talks were still ongoing. we had very good discussions yesterday with the conservative party in relation to how we could support them in forming a national government that would bring stability to the nation, and those discussions continue. we have made good progress but the discussions continue. no detail yet on what they will demand in return. will they are socially conservative views clash with a tory party wanting to modernise? there will be no formal coalition, at most, only support for key votes. this is what is traditionally called a confidence and supply arrangement, where the dup will support us on big things like voting for the queen's speech, budget and finance. they support us on defence, on the big issues. it will be a fragile arrangement. doubts over how long the prime minister can

nathoo reports. after london bridge the second terror attack to punctuate the election campaign, security now at its heart, questions for the conservatives about the whether the government missed a red flag over the third man involved. we will be looking at exactly who these characters were, what we knew about them earlier on and you know i have worked with them closely, the security services, over the last eight years and i was, when i was mayor. they do a fantasticjob. if there are lessons to be learned, of course we will learn them. but it is vital they're allowed to get on with their work and properly supported. theresa may's record as home secretary for six years during which police numbers fell by 20,000 is now under scrutiny, claims the cuts have made us less safe. the conservatives insist more money has gone into counter terrorism and armed officers, but in the capital a warning that continuing to pair back budgets is unsustainable. under a renewed theresa may government after the cuts to pol

our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undecided voters and shore up support among the tory base. theresa

with me now is our political correspondent leila nathoo. how much pressure do you think mrs may is under over this issue of climate change? she has been roundly criticised by all of the opposition parties. jeremy corbyn launching his strongest attack yet, i think, on theresa may. you heard about a dereliction of duty, her subservience, he said, in the face of this. the lib dems saying, this is an example where these metal relationship should be put into action, if we are so close to the united states, if we have the air of donald trump, we should be able to put pressure on him when it matters. ed davies, the liberal democrat energy ‘s bugs person saying, britain is a world leader on climate change. actually, donald trump's actions undermine it is policy. the greens called theresa may week. there is a risk she comes across isolated on this. although, she will say she has taken a different approach. i suppose that is the job of labour and the liberal democrats to oppose, but what do you think this episode says about mrs may's relationship w

let's speak to our political correspondent leila nathoo, who's in westminster. exactly a week until polling day and the conservatives are trying to put brexit top of the agenda again. absolutely. i think theresa may will be keen to move on from last night's debate. she was repeatedly attacked for failing debate. she was repeatedly attacked forfailing to show debate. she was repeatedly attacked for failing to show up. her rivals saying that she was holding voters in contempt, it showed her complacency. amber rudd defending the decision saying it's about having a strong team and she was saying the other parties are squabbling. i think theresa may will havejudged squabbling. i think theresa may will have judged that it was right for her to appear above the fray and not ta ke her to appear above the fray and not take part. today, seven days to go, we have the two main parties returning to safe ground. theresa may will talk about brexit. she's saying this is a great national mission, it's an opportunity to transform the country's‘ and labour talking about rail fare

nathoo has been getting reaction at westminster. we've just had the result of the first major vote of this year ‘s queen ‘s speech. it was a vote on labour's proposed vote calling to an end of the public sector pay cap, and calling for the recruitment of more police officers and more firefighters. that vote has been lost by labour and the government has one by 323—309. the snp and lib dems were backing the vote but the numbers don't add up for them yet. because theresa may has the support of the ten dup mps. so the labour amendment has failed. i'm joined by andrew gwynne, the shadow it's failed, what was the point? the labour party wants to put pressure on the government. in our election ma nifesto, on the government. in our election manifesto, we pledge to recruit 10,000 extra police officers, 3000 extra firefighters on to lift the public sector pay cut. for the past seven yea rs, public sector pay cut. for the past seven years, public sector workers have had massive pay restraint. we believe it is now time to lift that auste

nathoo who's at westminster for us. accusations on most of the front pages of the newspapers today, describing this deal as a £1 billion ride. well, that was the price agreed by theresa may for the support of those ten dup mps. it was the deal 18 days in the making to get theresa may a working majority that she needs to get anything done. that will be spent on things like health, infrastructure, education. yes, it has led to accusations, especially from wales and scotland that this is simply buying votes with cash. theresa may and the government are saying, look, this is a really good dealfor the uk. it gives the conservatives are working majority in the commons. the deal is supposed to last the majority of parliament but will be subject to review in two years time. it does, for now, give theresa may the authority that she needs to get on with government. how does this affect or how was the consequence of this when it comes to storm on‘s agreement? this is another crucial aspect of this deal has been done with the d

our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the ayes to the right, 309—darter plot the first vote of this parliament on a labour amendment to the queen's speech proposing to end the queen's speech proposing to end the cap on public sector pay rises when the government's way. this was the first test of theresa may's deal with the dup made to boost the numbers on her side in the commons. last night it delivered — all ten dups voted in line with the conservatives to see off the opposition‘s challenge. today fm of the final vote on the queen's speech which sets out the government's policy programme labour will try their luck against op yellow we're putting forward what was in the ma nifesto putting forward what was in the manifesto in the election, on brexit, which guarantees trade relations with europe, a government that ends the public sector pay gap and a government that invests in the educational future of all children from nursery through to university. labour thinks it is on the front foot with its calls to end austerit

let's cross live to westminster and our political correspondent leila nathoo. this result was not in doubt given the agreement between theresa may and dup. that's right she did have the numbers to get this amendment defeated and it showed all ten dup members did vote against the labour amendment with most of the conservative mp‘s fighting and most mp's conservative mp‘s fighting and most mp‘s voting, theresa may still had the numbers to defeat it. it was a small amount which goes to show how small amount which goes to show how small her majority is in future votes. if there was anything controversial than a few tory rebels could bring a policy down but on this amendment, on the labour amendment to end the cap on public sector pay rises, the 1% cap since 2012 and trying to recruit more police officers and firefighters which has been defeated tonight. police officers and firefighters which has been defeated tonightm there a sense, creeping through conservative ranks that so—called austerity is nearing its end, its sell by date, and that perhaps there is w

let's speak to our political correspondent, leila nathoo. it is all a bit confusing, isn't it? we had a statement saying a deal has been done and another saying the deal will be done later in the week. we are not sure how far through the process we are. that is right. there isa process we are. that is right. there is a lot of confusion after last night concerning the status of this deal. downing street said they had an agreement on the principles. a few hours later, the dup itself said talks were still ongoing and they would be continuing next week. and then we had a clarification from downing street that actually the details were all still being finalised. you have to remember this isa finalised. you have to remember this is a crucial aspect of popping up theresa may to secure the ten dup mps. theresa may to secure the ten dup mp5. the argument was they had to give the conservatives support on key votes like the budget and confidence motions to enable the government to survive. getting the details right of this deal and what concessions and what the dup might ask for, all of t

our political correspondent, leila nathoo reports, on the continuing fall out of the election result. deal or no deal — confusion last night from downing street over whether the dup had already decided to back theresa may and give her the majority she lacks. this morning, clarification that talks were still ongoing. we had very good discussions yesterday with the conservative party in relation to how we could support them in forming a national government that would bring stability to the nation, and those discussions continue. we have made good progress but the discussions continue. no detail yet on what they will demand in return. will their socially conservative views clash with a tory party wanting to modernise? there will be no formal coalition, at most, only support for key votes. this is what is traditionally called a confidence and supply arrangement, where the dup will support us on big things like voting for the queen's speech, budget and finance. they support us on defence, on the big issues. it will be a fragile arrangement. doubts over how long the prime minister can las

our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. is this another reversal in policy? i think it is a signal. because there has not been clarity on this issue of whether the conservatives would raise income tax. as you say it was not explicit in their ma nifesto. it was not explicit in their manifesto. their only manifesto pledge was to not raise vat. previously, the conservatives under david cameron had promised not to raise national insurance in contact oi’ raise national insurance in contact or vat so the tax triple lock, as it was called. theresa may, i think now sending a signal, really, to her core supporters to try and ensure that they turn out and to reassure them that actually she is not going to raise income tax for higher earners. labour says this is not as explicit for lower and middle—income earners. they say that only the lower and middle income earners can be saved from tax rises under them. it was clarification later from the conservatives saying they have no plans to raise tax. this is a signal, not a plans to ra

leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. police in australia have charged one of the most senior roman catholic cardinals, george pell, with sexually abusing children. cardinal pell is in charge of the vatican's finances and is considered to rank third in the hierarchy of the church. he is accused of multiple offences dating back to the 1970s— charges he's strenuously denied. iam i am looking forward finally to having my day in court. i am innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. talks over resuming power—sharing stormont have stalled with only eight hours to go until the deadline. northern ireland faces the prospect of direct rule from london ifan prospect of direct rule from london if an agreement cannot be reached. culture and media secretary karen bradley will make an announcement today about whether 20th century fox, owned by rupert murdoch, is allowed to take over sky. it would give mr murdoch total control of the broadcaster of which he already owns 39%. 0pponen

let's get more from our political correspondent leila nathoo in westminster. prime minister said she was saddened and jeremy corbyn saying how many questions he feels there are to be answered. that's right, ben. it is a strange time in westminster at the moment because we have the government in a bit of limbo without that deal with the dup. no sign yet of when the queen's speech is going to kick things off and we have a bit ofa to kick things off and we have a bit of a parliamentary no—man's land with mps being sworn in ahead of that queen's speech. so as you say, we have had a statement from the prime minister. downing street said she was saddened by the trablegic loss of life, she was being fully updated on the goings on. at the moment, at apm, there was a beginning of a cross governmental meeting where the government response will be discussed and they we re response will be discussed and they were discussing any additional assistance required for the emergency services, that's being chaired by the fire minister, nick hurd. i mentioned that the mps were b

here's our political correspondent leila nathoo on how the parties are pushing their brexit messages. she wants to move on, to dig herself out of the whole of last night's debate no—show, and on to the safer ground of brexit. a brighter future awaits, she says, but only she can get us there. i want us to work together to fulfil the promise of brexit too. because if we get brexit right, then together we can do great things. we can build a britain beyond brexit, that is stronger, fairer and even more prosperous than it is today. but the liberal democrats think she would be taking britain down the wrong path. they claim the economy has already suffered, and there would be worse to come. i think what people want to know is why on earth the conservatives want to pursue such a hardline, extreme version which will notjust take us out of the eu but also harm our economy by taking us out of margaret thatcher's single market as well. how do the party's approaches to brexit compare? on trade, theresa may says we will leave the single market and customs union, pursuing new trade deals with the

let's speak to our political correspondent, leila nathoo. can you explain this for us? it is interesting timing. first we get a statement saying the deal has been done. then a statement saying not quite, more details next week. you are right. there was some confusion last night about the status of the talks between downing street and the dup. early in the night we had a meeting from downing street where they said they agreed with dup to support the conservative government. just a few hours later, we had another statement from downing street and a statement from the dup saying actually these talks and the deal had yet to be finalised and talks are ongoing and will resume next week. clearly, there is some confusion about how far these talks had gone. of course, what this is all about is a confidence and supply agreement, that is what downing street initially referred to, meaning the dup would support the government on key votes like the budget and no—confidence votes. in other areas it would be decided on a vote by vote basis. as yet, there is no further update. talks a

nathoo reports. after london bridge, the second terror attack to punctuate the election campaign, security now at its heart, questions for the conservatives about whether the government missed a red flag over the third man involved. bits are still an ongoing investigation. we need to let police and security services have the time and security services have the time and space to continue that investigation. but i would expect that they will look at their processes . that they will look at their processes. asked if she was sorry for police cuts under her watch, the prime minister didn't apologise, wanting to focus on the task ahead. what government needs to do from friday onwards is to be looking at how this terror threat is evolving, the way that terrorism is breeding terrorism, the increased tempo of attack. we've had three horrific attacks in the last three months. attack. we've had three horrific attacks in the last three monthsm response to claims tory cuts have made an impact, the conservatives i

our political correspondent, leila nathoo reports, on the continuing fall out of the election result. deal or no deal — confusion last night from downing street over whether the dup had already decided to back theresa may and give her the majority she lacks. this morning, clarification that talks were still ongoing. we had very good discussions yesterday with the conservative party in relation to how we could support them in forming this morning, clarification that talks were still ongoing. and those discussions continue. we have made good progress but the discussions continue. no detail yet on what they will demand in return. will their socially conservative views clash with a tory party wanting to modernise? there will be no formal coalition, at most, only support for key votes. this is what is traditionally called a confidence and supply arrangement, where the dup will support us on big things like voting for the queen's speech, budget and finance. they'd support us on defence, on the big issues. it will be a fragile arrangement. doubts over how long the prime minister can last.

here's our political correspondent leila nathoo on how the parties are pushing their brexit messages. she wants to move on, to dig herself out of the hole of last night's debate no—show, and onto the safer ground of brexit. a brighter future awaits, she says, but only she can get us there. i want us to work together to fulfil the promise of brexit, too. because if we get brexit right, then together we can do great things. we can build a britain beyond brexit, that is stronger, fairer and even more prosperous than it is today. but the liberal democrats think she'd be taking britain down the wrong path. they claim the economy has already suffered, and there would be worse to come. i think what people want to know is why on earth the conservatives want to pursue such a hardline, extreme version of brexit, which will not just take us out of the eu, but also harm our economy by taking us out of margaret thatcher's single market as well. so how do the party's approaches to brexit compare? the conservatives are promising to bring down immigration from europe. labour accepts the end of free

lets speak to our political correspondent, leila nathoo, at westminster. the broad thrust has already been set out, 3 million eu citizens currently live in the uk, this has been one of the central points of the brexit negotiations, both sides have made play that this is one of the biggest issues that they want to address, the us has set out its thinking on eu rights. they want eu citizens here and eu citizens —— british citizens abroad to have the same things they currently enjoy. but theresa may says he wants eu citizens who have been near lawfully for five years to be given a package of rights called settled status, giving them access to welfare, benefits, pensions, a new status, but so far, some unanswered questions, which we expect theresa may to set out in her statement to the commons shortly, then there will bea the commons shortly, then there will be a document published, no sooner had she made the statement to mps. a couple of questions she still needs to answer, what we hope to get clarity on, things like what the cut—off date will be for wh

our political correspondent, leila nathoo, is in westminster for us this morning. we have a phone call made by donald trump to theresa may in what appears to bea trump to theresa may in what appears to be a relatively frank discussion? theresa may told donald trump she was disappointed with his decision and she stressed the uk was committed to remaining signed up to paris and about was the right framework. although there was a difference of opinion, there has been some criticism of theresa may that she wasn't more critical of donald trump's decision and didn't try to use what influence she may have over donald trump to try to persuade him to change his mind. labour said it was a dereliction of duty on her behalf and they are causing donald trump's decision an act of global environmental vandalism. they say we have a special relationship and we should be able to tell donald trump like it is. labour say theresa may cannot stand up to donald trump when she said because of the need to stay close to the usa after brexit. but america said they did notjoin up today letter

here's our political correspondent leila nathoo on how the parties are pushing their brexit messages. she wants to move on, to dig herself out of the hole of last night's debate no—show, and onto the safer ground of brexit. a brighter future awaits, she says, but only she can get us there. i want us to work together to fulfil the promise of brexit, too. because if we get brexit right, then together we can do great things. we can build a britain beyond brexit, that is stronger, fairer and even more prosperous than it is today. but the liberal democrats think she'd be taking britain down the wrong path. they claim the economy has already suffered, and there'd be worse to come. i think what people want to know is why on earth the conservatives want to pursue such a hardline, extreme version of brexit, which will not just take us out of the eu, but also harm our economy by taking us out of margaret thatcher's single market as well. so how do the party's approaches to brexit compare? the conservatives are promising to bring down immigration from europe. labour accepts the end of free mov

our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. let's talk about tax first, is this a change in policy from the ma nifesto for a change in policy from the manifesto for the tories?|j a change in policy from the manifesto for the tories? i think it's more of an appendix, but not a firm promise, pledge, commitment, not there in black and white. theresa may had scrapped david cameron's previous promise not to raise income tax, vat, or national insurance, the only mention of tax in the conservative manifesto was a promise to try to keep taxes low and not to raise vat. so that left the door open for rises in income tax and national insurance. now i think these comments from sir michael falline and from borisjohnson last night saying there are no plans to raise income tax, this is a signal really to the core tory support base to try to shore up the vote in these final days. labour are saying there's still no guarantees of no income tax rises for lower and middle income earners, but i think that with recent wobble in the polls for the tor

let's speak to our political correspondent leila nathoo. bring us up to date with everything that we need to know so far. talk of a deal, there was suggestion last night something had been finalised, but what we are told today is it will be sorted out in the next few days? that is right, i think there was some confusion surrounding whether this deal had in fact been concluded. we heard from downing street early yesterday evening that there was agreement on the principles of a final deal between the democratic unionist party the conservative party, remember the support of those ten dup mps conservative party, remember the support of those ten dup mp5 is crucial for theresa may to get over the line and get a working majority in parliament. but no sooner had downing street put out that statement, we had a couple of hours later a statement from the democratic unionists saying that talks had so far been positive but they would resume next week to finalise an agreement. the agreement that was being talked about by downing street was something cal

our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. is this a deliberate change of policy or clarification of policy or signal, what do we read into it?” think it's a clarification. there was no mention of this in the conservative manifesto. the only thing mentioned on tax in the tory ma nifesto thing mentioned on tax in the tory manifesto was not raising vat so that left room, left the door open for rises in national insurance and income tax. you will remember david cameron under the conservatives under him had promised not to raise any of them, vat, income tax or national insurance. but theresa may had left that out from her ma nifesto, had left that out from her manifesto, perhaps to give the conservatives some flexibility on taxation as the chancellor philip hammond had suggested but obviously the uncertainty about whether income tax would be raised for higher earners, the core tory support base, was troubling for the conservative party and they've now decided to put out a signal, i think it is a signal, not a pledge or promise,

nathoo reports. after london bridge, the second terror attack to punctuate the election campaign, security now at its heart, questions for the conservatives about whether the government missed a red flag over the third man involved. we will be looking at exactly who these characters were, what we knew about them earlier on, and you know i have worked with them closely, the security services, over the last eight years, when i was mayor. they do a fantasticjob. if there are lessons to be learned, of course we will learn them. but it is vital they're allowed to get on with their work, and are properly supported. theresa may's record as home secretary for six years, during which police numbers fell by 20,000, is now under scrutiny, after claims the cuts have made us less safe. the conservatives insist more money has gone into counter—terrorism and armed officers, but in the capital a warning that continuing to pare back budgets is unsustainable. under a renewed theresa may government, after the cuts to

let's speak to our political correspondent leila nathoo at westminster. how quickly do they think they might seal a deal on this and what are the fundamentals of it? joanna, the eu has said that they will be studying theresa may's proposals line by line when they are published later this afternoon. she has already outlined the broad thrust of what she intends to offer those eu citizens who have been living in the uk for five years lawfully. she wants to, as you say, guarantee them settled status, and new immigration status which would give them rights to things like education, benefits, health care and pensions. but what there hasn't been so farfrom pensions. but what there hasn't been so far from theresa may is detailed. so, when will the cut—off point, for example, be for those eu citizens who have come to the uk? what will the date be from which their five—year status will be judged? who will arbitrate over this new system? this is a big battle ground yet to come. will it be britishjudges residing over this youth system? will be european judges? re

we start with the report on the events so far, with our political correspondent leila nathoo. strong and stable, prime minister? shihaab wanted strength and stability, but that is not how has turned out. there may did just enough to make sure it was her who travel to buckingham palace to form a new government. but there is no increased majority, no spring in her step. what the country needs more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the general election, it is clear that only the conservative and unionist party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the house of commons. as we do, we will continue to work with our friends and allies in the democratic unionist party in particular. last night as constituencies raced to declare the results, tory faces told they're on stories. in hastings, the home secretary amber rudd onlyjust clung on. theresa may's huge political gamble has ended in disaster. she had banked on a bigger majority, but instead her party is weaker. he,