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craig williams and laura saunders, on the date of the general election. on the campaign trail, labour is setting out changes to the process for someone to legally change their gender. the party is also offering to provide hundreds of thousands more dental appointments on the nhs. the lib dems release their analysis on hospital waiting times. leader sir ed davey claimed the country has ten days to save the nhs. the snp sjohn swinney will give a speech on brexit. while the dup is launching its manifesto in northern ireland. so it is a busy day for all of the parties today. we ll touch on all of the above in this programme, but let s start with the election betting investigation. here s tobias elwood speaking to the bbc radio 4 today. this betting saga has been deeply unhelpful, self inflicted distraction, and in what world they thought this was acceptable is beyond belief. the prime minister has expressed his anger, he said that at the leaders s question time debate. it has bee
katherine, i m rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party s plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you ve just gone through that we ve already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people s taxes, because i believe in a country where people s hard work is rewarded. after cutting national insurance last autumn and in the spring the manifesto will promise to cut it by a further two pence for employees. it will also pledge that the state pension will not be taxed, and make permanent an existing cut to stamp duty for first time buyers, as well as promising that parents will only have to start paying back child benefit when their household income reaches £120,000. the manifesto will also contain pledges to raise defence spending, reform the welfare system, and double down on plans to se
Police say three men arrested in connection with the Manchester Bombing have been released without charge. Eleven people remain in custody. The mother of zookeeper rosa king who was killed by a tiger says she loved herjob and wouldnt have done anything else. Coming up later. Newsnight asks how different generations are approaching this election, with an audience split evenly between people over 60 and people under 30. Thats at midnight, here on the news channel. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has apologised for not knowing the cost of one of labours key Election Pledges on childcare. It was a policy he was out campaigning on today but during a bbc interview this morning he struggled to come up with the numbers for how much it would cost to extend Free Childcare in england. The conservatives called it a car crash interview. Heres our deputy Political Editorjohn pienaar. Id better get a car, hadnt i . Got to keep up, cant fall too far behind. More