Funding for schools. Real Technical Education for young people. And, the first ever proper plan to pay for and provide social care. Strong Public Services do notjust provide security and enhance opportunity. They are vital institutions that bring us all together. Theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn will be absent as britains political leaders take pa rt britains political leaders take part ina britains political leaders take part in a prime time tv debate this evening. The itv event will see Liberal Democrat leader tim farron, Ukips Paul Nuttall and the snps Nicola Sturgeon lock horns. Plaid cymrus leanne wood and Green Co Leader Caroline Lucas will also take part in the two hour show being broadcast from salford at 8pm. The Prime Minister has refused to take part in tv debates and the Labour Leader said he would not participate without his main rival being there. Atv a tv debate must include the Prime Minister, the leader of the conservative party. That would be a proper debate. I made the
My guests political commentator jo phillips and times columnist iain martin. Lets bring you up to date with the latest developments on the Campaign Trail today. Theresa may returns to her central message that only the conservatives offer stable government and warns that the election could be on a knife edge. If we lose just six seats then the government loses its majority. And if we lose just six seats we could seejeremy if we lose just six seats we could see Jeremy Corbyn if we lose just six seats we could seeJeremy Corbyn in number ten downing st. Diane abbott looking after our national security. John mcdonnell at the treasury with our economy. And the strings being pulled by Nicola Sturgeon. Jeremy corbyn remains hopeful he can win. He says hes attracted thousands of people to back labour because it offers hope and campaigned on a positive manifesto. We are nearly at the end of this campaign and we have done dozens of events all over the country and you know what, everywhere we go t
Ivanka takes the stage alongside Angela Merkel in herfirst overseas trip as an official adviser to the us administration. And, Hearts And Minds alongside Angela Merkel in herfirst overseas trip as an official Adviser Researchers say regular moderate exercise is the best way to keep your brain sharp if youre over 50. And coming up in sport on bbc news. England announce their 15 man squad for the champions trophy injune. Eoin morgan will captain the side. And bowler mark wood is back from injury. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Labour says it will guarantee the rights of eu nationals living in the uk after brexit, if it wins the general election. Setting out labours proposals for negotiating britains exit from the european union, The Shadow Brexit secretary sir keir starmer, said labour would also prioritisejobs. He said he accepted that Free Movement of workers couldnt continue after brexit but suggested eu nationals could still come to the uk if they have a guarante
On theological matters. Sir elton john cancels a number of us shows. Hes recovering from a potentially deadly bacterial infection. Ivanka trump takes to the international stage, defending herfathers record on womens rights at a summit in berlin. And, Ten Years After Natascha Kampusch fled to freedom, we talk to the austrian woman who spent over eight years in captivity as a schoolgirl. Its 5pm. Our main story is that theresa may has taken her conservative campaign to the heart of south wales, one of labours traditional strongholds, and shes urged welsh voters to drop what she calls the tribal politics of the past and to back the conservatives ahead of the brexit process. Its the Prime Ministers first visit to wales since she called the election, and she claimed that an alliance between labour and plaid cymru could undermine the brexit negotiations. Well be talking to the First Minister, labours ca rwyn jones, a little later. But first, for the latest on theresa mays visit lets join our
security, specifically theresa may, coming here with a very important brexit message. she has important brexit decisions to make back in the uk in this coming week, very important for her leadership. but here, what she wanted to do was stress the importance of the commonalty of threat that all european countries have and therefore britain wants to remain part of an effective european mechanism to tackle those threats, particularly terrorism. this is what she said. these people don t care if they kill or maim pa risians on or lon derers because it is the common stral values that we shat they seek to defeat, but i say we will not let them. when these atrocities occur, people look to us as leaders to proit response. we must all ensure that nothing prevents us from fulfilling our first duty as leaders to protect our citizens. and we must find the practical