there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation. the nhs is not on the table in any way. the nhs is in no way on the table, in no aspect whatever. and this, as i say, is continually brought up by the labour party as a diversionary tactic from the difficulties they are encountering. today's effort and a big moment for labour came after a series of difficult ones forjeremy corbyn yesterday. are you fit for high office? heavily criticised over his handling of anti—semitism allegations, he was asked again if he wanted to apologise to the jewish community. i made it very clear — anti—semitism is completely wrong in our society. our party did make it clear when i was elected leader and after that that anti—semitism is unacceptable in any form in our party or our society and, indeed, offered its sympathies and apologies to those that had suffered. while his shadow chancellor said this. we have a said that and i will repeat it again, i am really sorry the way we handled the issue because we learned the lessons from that and we have also invited people to say if there are

and who do you trust with the nhs. labour say they found these papers that show post brexit trade talks with the us would open up the nhs like a can of tuna and allow the us pharma companies to get in there. corbin had a good line, saying that to form have been ripping off the us for years, what makes you think they won't rip off britain after brexit? he got off to a good start there, people trust labour with the nhs, but do they trust jeremy corbyn to be prime minister? that brings us onto the times. this poll carried out by you guv that many people in the political world have been waiting for. johnson has a big majority, but we need to be incredible careful with all polls because we know that polls have not got it wrong in the past, but this uses got it wrong in the past, but this uses a very specific prediction mechanism that has worked last time. we've all been burned by the polls, s0 we've all been burned by the polls, so we are we've all been burned by the polls, so we are all slightly unsure when we report on th

the nhs. the shame is that we are not told what the deal is with the company concerned. as for these fabled 40 hospitals, that figure dropped to 20, and finally dropped to six. mr. speaker, we learned this week that government officials have met u.s. pharmaceutical companies five times as part of the prime minister's planned trade detail. the u.s. called for full market access to our nhs, which would mean prices of some of our most important medicines increasing by up to sevenfold. mr. speaker, while the government is having secret meetings with u.s. corporations, its patients here continue to suffer. can the prime minister explain why the number of people waiting longer for urgent cancer treatment has tripled over the last nine years? >> mr. speaker, as he knows very well, this government is investing 34 billion pounds in two the nhs. -- into the nhs. we are seeing improvement in cancer survival rates across the country, improvement in cancer survival rates thanks to the investments this gove

our nhs is in and i wouldn't dispute that. our nhs isina and i wouldn't dispute that. our nhs is in a far better position because of the scottish government, because health is devolved and we are able to ta ke health is devolved and we are able to take actions we need to to protect the nhs and boost the budget. the nhs in scotland is funded by £135 per head more than the nhs in england and what we are calling for is for the uk government to meet that per head figure to increase health spending in england so increase health spending in england so that we can get both barnett consequentials which will support our services which need to be addressed by that additional funding by the uk government. thank you. they will be launching their ma nifesto they will be launching their manifesto live at 11am. an investigation by 5 live has discovered an increase in reports of drinks being spiked over the last five years. if it's happened to you then we really do want to hear from you — very alarming, particulary as we head into the christmas party season. 5 live discovered that,

see the best for the nhs. but what we wa nt see the best for the nhs. but what we want to see is real real is tick, proposals. we don't want to see big claims that won't come true and we don't want to see announcements that will demoralise the nhs and we don't wa nt will demoralise the nhs and we don't want people saying how bad the nhs is on the front line when we have loyal, hard—working is on the front line when we have loyal, ha rd—working staff, is on the front line when we have loyal, hard—working staff, going into nhs services trying to do their best. in in order to make a promise, don't you have to point out what the reality is at the moment? you do have to point out the reality. why thatis have to point out the reality. why that is weaponising the nhs? what we need to see is a situation where we see the problems and we see the solutions coming side by side and we need to recognise what our hard working nhs staff are doing. that is the challenge. what we don't want to see is the public‘s confid

but of course, the nhs is made up of smaller contracts to keep the nhs going, for example, providing scanners and equipment, so there are trade deals that still continue to be done. how can we be clear, how can the public be clear that some of it is going to continue to be privatised, but the main ideology is not going to change? the key aspect for us is we believe that provision is best provided by the nhs itself. we will make sure that when those privatised contracts come to an end, that service will be brought back in—house, it is a simple as that. but let's be absolutely clear, what was going on with regard to donald trump, it was the pharmaceutical companies from the us that were trying to charge us and rip us off in terms of the charges for the basic drugs that we need. the cost could have been 500 million a week. that is unacceptable and we will never allow that to happen under labour. charlotte pickles is the director for the independent london—based think tank, reform — an independent body for public services. what do you make of this warning of the nhs being weaponise

there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation. the nhs is not on the table in any way. the nhs is in no way on the table, in no aspect whatever. and this, as i say, is continually brought up by the labour party as a diversionary tactic from the difficulties they are encountering. today's effort and a big moment for labour came after a series of difficult ones forjeremy corbyn yesterday. are you fit for high office? heavily criticised over his handling of anti—semitism allegations, he was asked again if he wanted to apologise to thejewish community. i made it very clear, anti—semitism is completely wrong in oui’ anti—semitism is completely wrong in our society. our party did make it clear when i was elected leader and after that that anti—semitism is unacceptable in any form in our party or our society and, indeed, offered its sympathies and apologies to those that had suffered. whilst his shadow chancellor said this. we have a said that and i will repeat again, i have a said that and i will repeat again, lam have a said that and i will repeat again, i am reall

in the nhs. i asked you about 20 new hospital upgrades and forging new hospitals. misleading, yes or no? we had seven hospital upgrades under way already, shovel ready, good to go, and there are plans to make sure we put in place 40 hospital upgrades, which will be very deliverable in addition to the 35 billion extra p put into the nhs to deliver better patient care. six nhs trusts are sharing £2.7 billion with the aim of upgrading by 2025, the rest are sharing a small pot of money in relative terms to plan for possible building work but not to begin any work. from the labour party... that it's not you, those hospitals had said they have a wish to expand, they have been supported in that expansion, their plans have been brought forward to fruition, the money will be put in place later to support the plans and make sure those hospitals are developed. sorry, i don't want to labour this point, but when the prime minister said we are building 1a new hospitals, that is not true. i will bring labour i

we are absolutely resolved that there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation, the nhs is not on the table in any way. we'll be examining these latest claims and what they actually prove. also tonight.... well done once again to the bbc's freely regulated, freely sponsored tv programme. clive james, writer and broadcaster, famed for his wit and humour, has died. the snp launch their manifesto — top of the list, a referendum on scottish independence next year. and fears that social care services won't be able to meet demand through the winter from those who need it most. and coming up on bbc news... more champions league action for liverpool and chelsea tonght, both knowing victory would take them into the knockout stages. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the labour party says it's obtained documents that show the nhs has formed part of talks with the united states about a trade agreement after brexit. jeremy corbyn said the papers were "proof" that the conservatives would put the nhs at risk. the prime minister has dismissed labour's claims as "absolute nonsense

the nhs is not on the table in any way. the snp launches its election manifesto, saying it is time to put scotland's future in scotland's hands, and calls for a second independence referendum next year. tata steel says it expects to cut 1,000 jobs across the uk as part of the compa ny‘s restructuring plans. a warning from councils that social care services won't be able to meet demand through the winter from those who need it most. vue cinemas will restart showing the london gang film blue story after banning the screenings due to a mass brawl in birmingham the writer, broadcaster and critic clive james, one of the most familiar faces on british television for many years, has died at the age of 80. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking another in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, torcuil crichton and sam lister. stay with us for that. good evening. we start with one of the key issues in this election campaign, the future of the nhs, and labour's allegation that the health service is at risk or even for sale to am

that is how labour runs the nhs, mr. speaker. >> jeremy corbyn. >> a surprising that while his government has cut so much from the welsh government budget. [shouting] and from a government that has cut 15,000 beds out of the nhs, that has cut 7.0 social care, i don't know how he is got the brass to say what he is just that. the reality is, mr. speaker, his words are hollow. anyone who's tried to get an appointment who sees a overworked our nhs staff are when you visit a hospital, and the stress nhs staff goes through when they can't deal with all the patients that are coming in, he needs to think about this. i'll give an example. a lady wrote to me this week. yes, it's a real case of a real person. and i will quote her if i may, mr. speaker. jillian says my mother died in february as a direct result of the gp shortage in the uk. last years were marred by long waits of treatments and for interventions. whenever she got care, it was given by overstretched that very dedicated people. but it always came after painful and deb

let's begin with the nhs. a real battle between labour, which sees this as its traditional ground, and the conservatives who have branded this one of the people's priorities. both parties know that the nhs is a key, may be the key issue for many voters. traditionally it has been labour's or message throughout successive elections, and today we get their big bonanza spending pledge, this extra a0 billion pounds in cash terms over the next four yea rs, in cash terms over the next four years, designed with say to rescue the nhs after years of underfunding. —— designed, they say, to rescue the nhs. this will help recruit 2a,000 nurses, create 5000 gp training places, on mental health, they are planning to replace all mental health dormitories, they will refit the ambulance fleet with new crisis and abilities, they are talking about free prescription charges and about free prescription charges and a big increase in capital spending, 1.5 billion which will form part of labour's social transformation fund. money

|j nhs. we are still far away from the nhs and anything can happen. i agree that completely. is 51.7 and 5248 is something i seem to remember happening and remained, ignored that one so happening and remained, ignored that one so why would they ignore this poor result as well. since you, we will invite you back whenever, but what do you think of these decisions that they have made that sky have made in the bbc have made on who is in and who is out. are they justifiable in the nature uk politics has never been more...|j think where the problems is, you get far more debate result and by that i don't think you get one wins and one loses, it is better for engagement and interest and it is more watchable if you've got one against one, however the one against one is in i seem to remember there were six oi'i in i seem to remember there were six on the podium and it was rubbish.“ an episode of 15 to one. and if i was a producer of them, i will be wanting a lot of one on ones, not those of them, so that is an argument for saying they called it correctly. i have these mps and i have

what about the nhs? there have been mixed signals to say the least, not least from donald trump when he was visiting earlier this year, about the potential of the nhs being caught up somehow any trade deal with the aid to states? the nhs is obvious the ground where labour feels more countable and the conservatives are anxious not to be put on the defensive. one thing we picked up that borisjohnson said during debate, something he has said quite a few times during the election campaign already, that they are upgrading 20 hospitals and will have 11; new ones. we have talked about this a lot. what they've actually done is given the money to upgrade six hospitals on existing sites and for the other 3a of those 40, they sites and for the other 34 of those 40, they have essentially chucked in a bit of money for the architects and the planning and so forth. he might say eventually they are going to build them, but the suggestion that 40 hospitals are sprouting from previous greenfield sites simply isn't the cas

an nhs visa? yes, i think the message from the conservatives today is they want to make it easier, cheaper as well, to bring over medical professionals to the uk, doctors, nurses, nhf starting resourcing is one of the major issues facing the health service —— nhs staffing. it gives us a flavour of what a future points based in —— hot points based immigration system may look like but it has to be said there would have already been an expectation that medical professionals would have got some kind of preferential treatment as they already do from non—eu countries at the moment. and the snp, we spoke to ian blackford earlier, also making announcements. the snp launching their general election campaign in edinburgh today andi election campaign in edinburgh today and i am sure they will be talking about scottish independence, as you would expect, talking about and nhs protection bill that they say protection bill that they say protect the nhs and safeguarded from being used to some of bargain

recently, nhs providers ask that people avoid weapon eyes in the nhs in the campaign. there are clearly serious issues about performance —— avoid weaponisation. the money and workforce. politicians throwing bricks at each other isn't particularly helpful. but they clearly do want to weapon eyes it, don't they? unfortunately. -- look for weaponisation. rather than attacking the opposition, say what they will do to try and turn these numbers around. we broadly know why the nhs in england is in this position, don't we? broadly. things have changed particularly in a&e. over the last few years, we have seen demand rising, the nhs struggling with money and particularly with low staffing to admit patients into a&e but this year has changed, we have seen a&e dipped and much more sharply than you expect and performance in the summerand you expect and performance in the summer and the autumn much worse. lots of people are beginning to point to the pensions issue that has been added in over the top of the longer term issues with problems with meeting demand. with some co nsul

nhs targets mean frances should have only waited 18 weeks for surgery. instead, her operation was delayed by six months. that really impacted on my health, my general health, my mobility. i was in an awful lot of pain. i could barely get about. and it also impacted on my recovery time afterwards, because i was so unfit, actually, by the time i had my surgery. the delay to frances‘ operation is a sign of a system under growing stress. figures released today show none of the three key hospital targets in england have been met for over three years. waiting times for a&e are the worst ever recorded. it's been more than four years since the four—hour target was hit. the 18—week target for planned operations, like the one frances had, was last met more than three years ago. and just over three quarters of cancer patients started treatment in 62 days in october. the 85% target hasn't been met in nearly four years. the numbers in a&e relate to october. for the last two years, performance actually got better in october. autumn isn't necessarily a bad time f

that being said, nhs providers goes on to make the point the nhs is under a lot of pressure right now and in their view winter is coming early, even in october and now into november there is extreme pressure on hospitals. they say that needs to be addressed both as a debate and in terms of working out where the health service goes from here. thank you. the brexit party leader nigel farage has criticised eurosceptic conservative mps for backing the prime minister's deal with the eu. mr farage says they've fallen into line like "good little boys". our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. a bit of a war of words between the brexit party and the conservatives. it's more than a war of words, this isa it's more than a war of words, this is a real eye gouging, shin kicking bust up amongst the big cheeses of brexit. it matters because it could have profound ramifications for the outcome of this election. the fear of tea m outcome of this election. the fear of team johnson is that if nigel farage carries through on his threat to stand back to party candidates in every sea

the nhs? today, we're trying something we don't reckon has been tried live on tv before — a live focus group, just like political parties use, with a selection of voters from all over the country, from different backgrouds and of different ages. they've been chosen by a specialist research agency britain thinks. so on a scale of 1—10, how excited were you when the election was called? this is what they told us. i cannot wait to ask why you are on ten! there's got to be a good reason. we've got politicians in our green room watching the focus group, we'll get their reaction at the end. wherever you are in the country, you can get involved too. use the hashtage victoria live and send us an email — victoria@bbc.co.uk and text 61124. first the news with annita. labour will promise today to spend £6 billion a year more on the nhs in england than the conservatives if it wins the general election. it's proposing to bring back bursaries for student nurses, and expand mental health services and

the nhs will get. we have to recruit the staff as well. we will bring back a training bursary to recruit more nurses. we're going to expand training places for gps, family doctors, and we will sweep away this very bureaucratic regime that has been put in place is stopping the nhs recruiting properly internationally. there are even reports in the newspapers today that the nhs has asked to recruit internationally but the home office is blocking it because our nhs has always relied on nurses and doctors and other staff from across the world. you cannot lock that off just from across the world. you cannot lock that offjust because the home office don't want that to carry on any more. can i ask, are you careful about the language you are using? even this morning, when you are making the statement about the health service, bearing in mind what nhs providers have said about the weaponising of the nhs and empty promises being made by all sides in this election campaign, which then won't be fulfilled. is that s

the nhs is not on the table in any way. the snp launches its election manifesto — saying it's time to put scotland's future in scotland's hands and calls for a second independence referendum next year. a warning from councils, that social care services won't be able to meet demand through the winter from those who need it most. by by the way, if you are worried about those egg whites, why notjust make some meringues? gary rhodes, the celebrity chef who championed british food, has died at the age of 59. once again, the first bbc self financing fully sponsored tv programming. and the funeral has been held for clive james, the writer and broadcaster, famed for his wit and humour, who died at the age of 80. and in half an hour, joining me, adam fleming and laura kuenssberg for tonight's election cast, we are going to bejoined by the hosts of the receipts podcast, who are going to solve your election related personal dilemmas. chelsea play out a 2 all draw with valencia in the champions league, they will need to wait for the

the nhs was under so much pressure. he mentioned the canned laughter at points, it sounded like canned laughter. there was heckling. let‘s listen to the clips when the issue of trust was discussed. personal integrity and individual character, does the truth matter in this election?” individual character, does the truth matter in this election? i think it does... laughter . i have been very clear about the deal i have done. . i have been very clear about the deali have done. i have made . i have been very clear about the deal i have done. i have made the position clear... laughter. we will have a referendum and abide by that result. trust and truth, how important is that for you? it is very important because at the end of the day whoever we vote for, they are our boys to get the things that we need in society. ifeel it are our boys to get the things that we need in society. i feel it is 100% important. when the audience we re 100% important. when the audience were laughing at those points, what we re were laughing at

in the nhs for 30 years and she says the nhs for 30 years and she says the nhs is always crisis, and that is pa rt nhs is always crisis, and that is part of its nature, but doctors are annoyed that now, having spent years obsessing about brexit and not paying attention to butter issues, they are paying attention to these issues —— bread—and—butter issues. the nhs is short 100,000 nurses, for example. there are a lot of serious issues in the nhs which will not solved by people talking about how much money they are going to spend. but they know that a lot of people ca re enormously but they know that a lot of people care enormously about the nhs in this country, and they treasure it, and they want to see and believe that the politicians who have access to the money, who can change policy, will do something about it. dominic cummings's rulebook has told boris johnson that the three issues are, if you mention nothing else during this campaign, it is the nhs, it is police crime, and it is immigration. this is one of those issues that jeremy corbyn has similarly said there are thin

we are absolutely resolved that there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation, the nhs is not on the table in any way. we'll look into labour's claims and analyse what they mean. also on outside source... welcome once again to the bbc‘s first deregulated from a lead—free, self financing from a fully sponsored tv programme. clive james, writer and broadcaster, famed for his wit and humour, has died. this man keith skembri was the maltese prime minister's chief of staff, yesterday he resigned. this man keith skembri was the maltese prime minister's chief of staff, yesterday he resigned. today he's been questioned by police in relation to the murder of the journalist daphne caruana galizia. she was known for investigating corruption in malta, and was killed by a car bomb near her home in 2017. we think the former chief of staff is being questions because of what the the businessman yorgen fenech is saying. he was arrested last week after trying to leave malta onboard his yacht. he's being treated as a suspect. the economy minister chris cardona seen here on the left also resigne

there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation. the nhs is not on the table in any way. the nhs is in no way on the table, in no aspect whatever. and this, as i say, is continually brought up by the labour party as a diversionary tactic from the difficulties they are encountering. today's effort and a big moment for labour came after a series of difficult ones forjeremy corbyn yesterday. are you fit for high office? heavily criticised over his handling of anti—semitism allegations, he was asked again if he wanted to apologise to the jewish community. i made it very clear — anti—semitism is completely wrong in our society. our party did make it clear when i was elected leader and after that that anti—semitism is unacceptable in any form in our party or our society and, indeed, offered its sympathies and apologies to those that had suffered. while his shadow chancellor said this. we have a said that and i will repeat it again, i am really sorry the way we handled the issue because we learned the lessons from that and we have also invited people to say if there are

nhs difficulties‘, or making ‘disingenuous‘ claims about funding, is doing the nhs ‘no favours‘. nhs difficulties‘, or making ‘disingenuous‘ claims about funding, is doing the nhs ‘no favours‘. both conservatives and labour are pledging to spend billions more, to improve nhs care. the long—term future of the nhs and social care is likely to be a key battle ground, in the run—up to the election on 12th december. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. the state of the health service is always a key election issue. but this time, votes will be cast as the nhs enters its most testing time of year. preparations for winter are well under way, but the pressures are greater than ever. the nhs has already featured prominently in the election campaign — but there is a warning that politicians need to be straight and clear with voters. we thought it was sensible, at the beginning of the campaign, to basically urge politicians to be honest and open and realistic and clear about the promises that they make. and let‘s try and avoid getting into cheap political sloga

the nhs will get. we will bring back a training bursary and expand training places for gps for family doctors and sweep away the bureaucratic regime that is stopping the nhs recruiting properly internationally. at the same time, the conservatives will be unveil their proposals to increase the living wage to two thirds of median earnings by 2025. that will bring it up earnings by 2025. that will bring it up to £10.50 and reduce the eligibility. these are not new proposals, they were unveiled at the tory party conference. what is interesting is the move by the conservatives to focus on low income voters and it is part of their strategy to appeal to labour voter, particularly in leave voting constituencies. a lot of pitch we are getting from the conservatives are getting from the conservatives are around issues such as ending austerity, a tougher approach to law and order, issues which they think will attract those voters. but they say the economy is improving and there is the scope to increase the livin

and the conservatives have said they would introduce an nhs visa as point ofa would introduce an nhs visa as point of a points based immigration system to encourage foreign doctors and nurses to come to work in the nhs. we can talk to assistant political editor norman smith, who is in edinburgh for us. let's begin with the snp, what is the focus going to be for them in this launch? well, a lot of it will be familiar, of course, next sturgeon again setting out the party's opposition to brexit, talking about her demands for independence. i guess what a lot of people will be listening for are any of people will be listening for are a ny clu es of people will be listening for are any clues about the sort of conditions the snp might set before they are prepared to back, say, jeremy corbyn, if he were in a position to form a minority government, and what is interesting is that the snp appear to be raising the bar. they have already said that they would demand another referendum next year, when labour have signalled they are not in favour of another referendum and they wouldn't consider one

of course we are not privatising the nhs nor the nhs ever be up for sale ina nhs nor the nhs ever be up for sale in a negotiation. let me repeat that point and let me just lay to rest. what could be more ruinous for the nhs thana what could be more ruinous for the nhs than a crackpot plan for a four des week? it is about reducing the working week all across the economy, paid for by increases all across britain. then come in the immediate aftermath of that interview, they we re aftermath of that interview, they were asked to step of the monarchy. sue from leeds says, "is the monarchy fit for purpose? " jeremy corbyn. needs a bit of improvement. mrjohnson. the institution of the monarchy is beyond reproach.“ prince andrew fit for purpose? before we discuss prince andrew, i think we should discuss the victims that are there because of what jeffrey epstein was doing.|j that are there because of what jeffrey epstein was doing. i think all our sympathies should obviously be with the victims ofjeffrey epstein and the law must certainly ta ke epstein and the law must certainly take its cou

i think it is fair to say the nhs has been quite central in the nhs has been quite central in the campaign. we have heard things about pensions and how that has affected doctors and health care professionals. the tone is to be later in their career. bobby says he is leaning towards voting for conservatives but is worried about privatisation of the nhs. what is the truth about what they are planning? right, it is really not for me to be able to say which way your viewers should vote. but i can set out a few facts about how the nhs works with the private sector. the first thing to say is people probably don't realise how much nhs ca re probably don't realise how much nhs care is provided by the private sector no. when you go to see your gp, most gps are independent providers, they are businesses that have a contract with the nhs. quite a lot of these patient transport services are provided by the private sector. community services are in some cases. almost anywhere in england, if you need surgery then you have a right to choose to go to the private sector. it is there already. when we look a

change is coming for patients and nhs staff. vote labour for our nhs. thank you very much. but there was confusion, too. thejohn on the left said this morning that nhs staff would not be part of their promise for a four day week, but thejohn on the right? at the labour conference, mr mcdonnell, you suggested a hugely ambitious policy to put everybody on a four—day working week. this morning, john said it was nonsense to suggest that could include the nhs — which is it? we work to live, we don't live to work. cheering and applause that will apply to everybody. it is early in this campaign. the parties' official manifestos won't emerge for another week. but all sides have been forced already to go off the script. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, coventry. so under labour a big increase in spending on the nhs in england — £6 billion a year on top of the extra £20 billion already promised by theresa may. what difference could the extra money make for patients and nhs staff? our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures. once again, the nhs is front and centre in

change is coming for patients and nhs staff. vote labourfor our nhs, thank you very much. but there was confusion, mcdonald said that nhs would not be part of their plan for a four day week, but the charm on the right... this morning, john said it was nonsense to suggest that the four—day week could include the nhs, which is it? we work to live, we don't live to work. cheering that will apply to everybody, because as you grow your company... it is early in this campaign, the official manifestos will not emerge for another week but all sides have been full to go off script already. ——. to go off script. the prime minister's motorcade had swept away from the choreographed visit and photo opportunity that politicians love. but whether boris johnson wa nts to love. but whether boris johnson wants to talk about brexit being com plete wants to talk about brexit being complete all the time orjeremy corbyn and the labour party who want to keep the focus on public services, they both know very well it is not up to them. they can't control what happens everyday, let alone in t

labour says it would increase the nhs budget to £155 billion. the liberal democrats haven't released their health spending policy yet, but they are calling for a new levy to help fund it. here's the lib dem's chuka umunna. we need to put more money into the nhs and that is why we are committed to putting a penny on the pound on the income tax and hypothecating and using that specifically for the health service and over the next five years, that would see around £35 billion extra going into our nhs. helen catt is in westminster. good to have you with us. we are talking about all these billions of pounds being promised. but have either party really put forward how they plan to fund them? well we wait to see. the parties have not written 01’ to see. the parties have not written or published their manifestos which is when we get the real nitty—gritty detail about exactly what they plan to spend where and crucially where they plan to fund that. the liberal democrats have said they would put a penny on the pound in income tax for example that spe

the even nhs providers are saying it is very dangerous, please don't use the nhs as a political football to your point. it is a massive asset this country, it is a pride of england and around the uk with the other nhs services, and the reason that all of these pieces are coming out is because at least the two main parties, the conservatives and labor party have body talk about promises and commitments and spending, and private contracts, in the case of the labour party, and they are using that and the feeling people have about the health service as part of their election campaign. being an american but living in the uk for a very long time, you have got five children? i bet you visit any more than you would like to, maybe with some of those, i mean i do, i have three boys a. i have been a far too often. what is your perspective of the nhs in the uk compared to what you get in the united states?m the nhs in the uk compared to what you get in the united states? it is no comparison, it is amazing, it is a crown jewel. with no comparison, it is amazing, it is a crownjewel. with all those chi

change is coming for patients and nhs staff. vote labour for our nhs, thank you very much. but there was confusion, too. thejohn on the left said this morning that nhs staff would not be part of their promise for a four—day week, but thejohn on the right? at the labour conference, mr mcdonnell, you suggested a huge and ambitious policy to purge everybody on a four—day working week. this morning, john said it was nonsense to suggest that could include the nhs, which is it? we work to live, we don't live to work. cheering and applause. that will apply to everybody, because as you grow the economy... it is early in this campaign, the official party manifestos will not emerge for another week, but all sides have been forced to go off the script already. as we heard there, labour are promising to increase spending on the nhs in england. but what difference could it make? 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has been taking a look at the figures. once again, the nhs is front and centre in the run—up to polling day, with the parties vying to outspend each other. the conservative gov

it calls the largest maternity scandal in nhs history. prince andrew is featured on the front of the mirror. the newspaper says police notebooks could hold key information relating to allegations made against the duke of york. in an exclusive, the sun claims that prince andrew cancelled his first public engagement since his bbc newsnight interview. let's start with the times, and a kind of hand on shoulder and a warm handshake. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn. in a sense, i suppose, they will both have breathed a sigh of relief after tonight. this is the first there has ever been where the prime minister and the first two men who wants to be prime minister go head to head. secondly, they were asked to undertake a good behaviour pledge and stop it being a slanging match. so that is where you got your hand on shoulder and the handshake from. and thirdly, they have both got massive elephant traps which alive tv debate will show up. with boris, it is obviously all about honesty. it is also about, in my view wrongly, about the nhs accusation a

there are good recommendations from the nhs itself which we would seek to implement through an nhs bill to help make sure the different parts of the puzzle work together around a person to provide the services they need. the difficulty anybody watching you here is possibly contemplating is there you are promising more than 30 billion, the tories promising 20 billion, the tories promising 20 billion by 2023 and labour 26 billion by 2023 and labour 26 billion by 2023 and labour 26 billion by 2023. you are saying 1p on income tax will do it. will it? it will. it won‘t provide us with all the money we need. so, no, it won‘t, then? all the money we need. so, no, it won't, then? will it solve every problem in the health service simply injecting money into it? no. if anybody tells you that they are lying. you just did, you said 1p would do exactly that. no, i didn't. isaid a would do exactly that. no, i didn't. i said a penny on the pound would enable us to put more funding into the nhs. but ijust explained there are other problems too, integration, ensuring parity of treatment of mental h

change is coming for patients and nhs staff. vote labour for our nhs. thank you very much. but there was confusion, too. thejohn on the left said this morning that nhs staff would not be part of their promise of a four day week, but thejohn on the right? at the labour conference, mr mcdonnell, you suggested a hugely ambitious policy to put everybody on a four—day working week. this morning, john said it was nonsense to suggest that could include the nhs — which is it? we work to live, we don't live to work. cheering and applause and that will apply to everybody. it is early in this campaign. the parties‘ official manifestos won't emerge for another week. but all sides have been forced already to go off the script. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, coventry. the outgoing european council president donald tusk has urged british voters not to "give up" on stopping brexit. as campaigning ramps up ahead of next month's general election, he warned that leaving the eu would leave the uk a "second—rate player. " in a speech, he also said brexit would likely mark the "real end of

he has promised a lot of money for the nhs. but nhs. he has promised a lot of money forthe nhs. but this nhs. he has promised a lot of money for the nhs. but this is always a weak point for the conservatives because labour and the snp, as we saw today, come out and say that the conservatives have a secret plan to privatise the nhs and sell it off to donald trump, which they don't, and evenif donald trump, which they don't, and even if boris johnson and donald trump, which they don't, and even if borisjohnson and donald trump wanted to sign an nhs sell—off trade deal, that is not actually how trade deal, that is not actually how trade deals work. it is a powerful line of attack, and the guardian are backing that up with figures that show the number of nhs patients getting their surgeries, their procedures done in private hospitals, has increased, because of staff shortages and cuts to nhs hospitals. but i should make it very, very clear that those procedures were still free at the point of use. patients were still getting free healthcare. it wasjust who was providing it. and ac

there will be no sale of the nhs, or privatisation. the nhs is not on the table in any way. in no way. the nhs is in no way on the table, in the aspect whatever. we're joined now by katy balls — the deputy political editor at the spectator. i have gone through the documents. there is one line that sticks out to me. a very helpful explication of the areas we can expect to push, the areas where the uk may find themselves in difficult territory. that's really the point, isn't it? by that's really the point, isn't it? by the uk may not have engaged with this, it's quite clear where the us side wants to go. yes, and if you're talking about what these documents show, i don't think it shows that the nhs is being privatised, ultimately, if you look at the various comments we've had in the last couple of months and the last couple of years, we have had donald trump suggest everything is on the table in the us and uk trade deal. we have perhaps had some lodging from the uk side, and they have moved back from that. it shows that there are figures in the uk or us government that would

and wales so it is £26 billion for england's nhs —— nhs. it isa billion for england's nhs —— nhs. it is a big number. what does it mean to people at home? does it mean they will get to see their gps when they wa nt will get to see their gps when they want to, the cancer analysis they need within two weeks, 16 weeks or a timeframe that suits their families' needs? need to be broken down to more meaningful ways for families to understand, it is enough one —— money at it it will work for them. the tories say 20.5 william. is the nhs fixable? there is a question! i think it is very natural for political parties to see that more money will improve the nhs. —— to say. there is undoubtedly a wider question about reforming the nhs. we should be talking about this perhaps in this, adult social care, how to talents the pressure is the nhs face around care workers and how to make it work letter in a more efficient way that respects the needs of elderly people. that is where a lot of reform needs to happen. we might see that in the general

a rescue plan for our nhs. labour's plans are costly and unworkable, so the conservatives, especially with jeremy corbyn‘s long term aim for a four—day working week. but the tories have had a rebuke of their own. on the right, a young david gauke. he has been a party member for nearly 30 years, and served in theresa may's cabinet. now he is saying this. traditional conservative voters like me should lend their support to the liberal democrats. he lost the party whip in september, and now... you are going to stand as an independent? white? yes, i to stand as an independent? white? yes, lam. to stand as an independent? white? yes, i am. the to stand as an independent? white? yes, lam. the reason being, and this pains me to say it, but a conservative majority after the next general election will take us in the direction of a veryhard brexit. this intervention from a man who was until recently a serving member of a conservative cabinet surely remarkable in the midst of a general election campaign. except it doe

necessarily have a significant cost forthe nhs in necessarily have a significant cost for the nhs in the future. time for one more question from john. he asks, have the nhs waiting time targets been abandoned by the government over the past few years? they are still very real and the nhs report so it is doing against performance standards. we look at that are monthly and quarterly basis. they have not been abandoned. it is true to say the nhs is going to find it harder and harder to meet those standards. there is a standard that says 90% of people should be treated or admitted to hospital within four hours when they come to a&e. we haven't met that target since 2015. everybody needs an operation should be seen and treated within 18 weeks. 50% have been waiting longer than that. it is getting harderfor the waiting longer than that. it is getting harder for the nhs waiting longer than that. it is getting harderfor the nhs to meet those standards and that is because we have got more people, more sick people, or more people who need health care. the amount of staff of the nhs and the hos

on the nhs, but it seems boris johnson is than the tories on the nhs, but it seems borisjohnson is going to recruit more nurses and bring the nurse bursary back, the other two areas were i thought he was wobbly in the q areas were i thought he was wobbly in theq & areas were i thought he was wobbly intheq&a areas were i thought he was wobbly in the q & a social care. again, no firm policy announcement for long—term reform, beyond an aspiration to kick—start cross—party talks again and put an extra £1 billion each year, and the other big u—turn, that promised to raise the tax threshold for higher rate earners, to £80,000. instead mr johnson said he would prioritise any tax help on lower income earner, so he confirmed raising the threshold to nine—and—a—half thousand for national insurance but that pledge, which was one of his benchmark policies when he stood for the tory leadership about trying to help middle—income earners by raising the higher rate, that is gone, no more, however, interest, when he was challenged over that and he said now was not the right time to make

the nhs on the table. in government, the tories have made it clear, they are prepared to wrap up the devolution settle m e nt prepared to wrap up the devolution settlement if it gets a new way of brexit. we should be in no doubt that they would do the same if devolution got in the way of a trump trade deal. now, of course, snp mps will do everything they can to stop this from happening. the snp will introduce an nhs protection bill, to explicitly protect the health service in all four countries of the uk from being a bargaining chip in trade deals. scotland's future should not be dependent on the whims of westminster. so, a vote for the snp isa of westminster. so, a vote for the snp is a boat to deprive boris johnson of the majority that would enable him to do all of this. but more fundamentally a boat for the snp isa more fundamentally a boat for the snp is a vote to escape brexit and the threat it poses to our economy and public services. it is a vote to secure the right to choose our own future. if the

nor will the nhs of course we are not privatising the nhs. norwillthe nhs ever of course we are not privatising the nhs. nor will the nhs ever be subject to privatisation. what could be more ruinous for the nhs than a crackpot plan for a four—day week? it is about reducing the working week all across the economy, paid for by productivity increases all across britain. then, in the immediate aftermath of that interview, they were asked to step onto the minefield of the monarchy. sue from leeds. is the monarchy fit for purpose? mr corbyn? needs a bit ofa for purpose? mr corbyn? needs a bit of a per comic improvement. mr johnson? the institution of the monarchy is beyond reproach.“ prince andrew fit for purpose? before we discuss prince andrew, i think we should discuss the victims that are there because of what has happened. i think all of our sympathies should be obviously with the vic himselfjeffrey epstein, and the vic himselfjeffrey epstein, and the law must certainly take its course. the first duel over, weeks still to go in this campai

i have nothing but good things to say about the nhs. the west minister nhs debate is mostly about england, the devolved administrations running their own system, and there is no doubt there is passion for the nhs right across the uk. hugh pym, bbc news. in the day's other election news: nigel farage has unveiled the brexit party's 600 election candidates, though he isn't one of the them, saying he believes the party is more than to boris johnson, because he says 5 million labour supporters voted to leave the eu in the 2016 referendum. the liberal democrats are taking legal advice over itv‘s decision to exclude them from its forthcoming tv debate between borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn. the lib dem leader, jo swinson, claimed hers is the true party of remain, and she is the only female leader with a shot at becoming prime minister. the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, launched the party's general election campaign in anglesey. he accused both labour and the conservatives of having failed wales, and said the country's future should be

, so of services by business in the nhs, soa of services by business in the nhs, so a private hospital that may be carries out hip operations, tories wa nt carries out hip operations, tories want to put a cap on that but that's just one example of what you hear is not always about what's going on. that's what we are here for. in another future of this campaign more happening online than ever before, and things like that take off. and off they go. that's what i would say this. organisations like the bbc and particularly the bbc this time around, a huge part of ourjob in the next six weeks is debunking. and even in the tory side last week it was like liquid they are staying in the nhs, is not right. that's a little bit like what vote leave said about turkey in that referendum campaign. grain of truth because turkey does want to join the eu and other countries that we should encourage that in theory but it's it about to happen? absolutely not. they will all be added. you do have to pay quite a lot of attention. or you could just listen to this. we will do it for you every day. that's true

donald trump and the nhs." so there we were in the room, jeremy corbyn comes in after a very, very torrid day yesterday. after the andrew neil interview, as well? yes, yes. and it is worth noting that until quite late yesterday, jeremy corbyn was meant to be going to cornwall this morning. he walked in, brandishing pages and pages and pages of documents which are about the talks between the us and the uk — a potential trade deal after brexit. and these were talks done by british officials who went to washington, spoke to trump administration officials between summer 2017... betweenjune 2017 and july 2019. so it is the documentation from something that we knew about, which is called the uk—us trade working group — i think i have that right — which was set up by donald trump and theresa may to talk about how the us and the uk might be able to do a trade deal, which in itself is a politically—charged affair, after brexit. so technically, there would be an exploratory or preliminary talks. nowjeremy corby

we are absolutely resolved that there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation, the nhs is not on the table in any way. we'll have the latest from the campaign trail, with two weeks to polling day. also tonight... tata steel says it expects to cut 1,000 jobs across the uk, as part of the company's restructuring plans. the writer, broadcaster and critic clive james — one of the most familiar faces on british television for many years — has died at the age of 80. more protests in malta, as an investigation into the murder of a prominentjournalist is putting the government under intense pressure. and both chelsea and liverpool, hoping tonight to book a place in the last 16 of the champions‘ league. and coming up on sportsday, chelsea concede late to draw in valencia in the champions league. they must now wait to book their spot in the last 16. good evening. we start with one of the key issues in this election campaign — the future of the nhs — and labour's allegation that the health service is at risk — or even ‘for sale‘ to american firms in a trade deal after britai