nigel farage says he want to be a candidate for prime minister in five years time. right now, his party is promising to cut the nhs england waiting list to zero in two years. how is that possible? and the two child benefit cap which both the conservatives and labour will keep will plunge half a million more children into relative poverty ,according to new figures., according to new figures. welcome to newsnight, where we bring you interviews and election insight live every weeknight. our political panel tonight is conservative peer lord ed vaizey. and the boss of electricity company ecotricity, dale vince, who will support labour at this election. he s donated money to labour, the greens and lib dems in the past. we ll hearfrom them in a moment. first, nick, take ouraudience through what mr farage was promising today and why merthyr tydfil? as you say the key word is contract, nigel farage says it is not a manifesto, because he says manifestos are associated with the est
and celine dion on the illness that s kept her away from the stage and how she s determined to sing again. i ll be on stage. i don t know when exactly, but trust me, i will. and the fans start preparing early before scotland kick off tomorrow against germany at the start of the euros. and coming up on bbc news scotland fans are ready on the eve of the opening game of euro 2024 against hosts germany. we ll have the latest from the camp. good evening. sir keir starmer has unveiled labour s plan for government if they win the election. their manifesto promises that wealth creation will be the party s number one priority. there were no policy surprises with previously announced details including 40,000 more nhs appointments each week in england, and the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers as well as the launch of a new border security command to tackle gangs organising small boat channel crossings. sir keir promised not to raise personal taxation or vat, except on private sch
Report with ben bland. Confounding the critics japan beats expectations as it records its fastest rate of growth in more than two years. 70 years of partition we take a look at how the economies of india and pakistan have diverged since the end of british rule. Hello and a very warm welcome to bbc news of World Business report. I am ben bland. Japan has just released its latest set of growth figures, and theres been some good news for the worlds Third Largest economy. Japan has exceeded all expectations by recording growth of 1 between april and june. The numbers are an Encouraging Development for the government but dont solve the countrys ongoing financial headaches. Japans productivity per person per hour stands at 23. 45 that leaves it in 18th place in the world, well behind the us, on 33. 41, and a host of others including canada, the uk and france. The countrys debt has also ballooned in recent years. At more than 250 of gdp it has the largest debt to output ratio in the world by
Population, more people likely to need care all year round, but particularly in the winter . Yes, no getting around the fact people get ill overwinter, but it does sound like this is worse than usual. Speaking about, as Melanie Wasjust saying, record numbers of people in ambulances turned away from hospital as they do not have resources to help them. In record breaking territory, that does not sound good. One of the interesting elements of the story in the telegraph is they are speaking about trying to encourage hospitals not to talk about this in overly alarming terms, not to speak about, what do they cold, black alerts . The guardian speaking about how the red cross is saying the nhs needs to take action to make sure we are taking better ca re of to make sure we are taking better care of people. Terms like red cross and black alert in relation to the nhs, nota and black alert in relation to the nhs, not a good look. In addition, some of the stories, looking at individual stories, lyi
And Olivia Coleman pick up awards for their roles in the bbcs Night Manager. The film la la land breaks records by winning seven. Good morning. In sport, an excellent result for Plymouth Argyle, from the fourth tier of english football, earn an fa cup replay after drawing with liverpool at anfield. An icy blast hits large parts of Eastern Europe. These are the conditions on the beaches of greece. Carol has the details of what it will be like here. Good morning. By by the end of the week some of us could well see some snow. Not all of us, though. Today we have a grey and sta m ps start us, though. Today we have a grey and stamps start with rain moving South Eastwards. Behind it we return to some sunshine and blustery showers. And very windy in the more west. Ill have more details on all of that in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will outline plans which she says will transform Mental Health services in england. In herfirst major speech on health s