conservative manifesto launch. last night saw four party leaders grilled by a challenging question time audience on bbc one. rishi sunak was asked about the investigation into alleged bets made by two tory candidates as well as the party s director of campaigning and one of his own close protection officers. the prime minister said he was incredibly angry and that anyone with connections to him or the conservative party found to have broken gambling rules should face the full force of the law. the labour leader sir keir starmer was pushed on his previous support for former leaderjeremy corbyn, who he said would have made a better prime minister than borisjohnson. sir ed davey of the liberal democrats and the snp sjohn swinney were also grilled on the nhs, trust and past promises. but it was the prime minister who arguably faced the most challenging questions of the evening on the alleged betting scandal. when asked why those under investigation hadn t been suspended fro
and to wales. finally, let s look at the lib dem leader, ed davey. this is what he said about his party s manifesto. we put forward a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it s got a big health and social care package at the centre. it is true to say that the lib dems are promising a lot of extra cash for the health service but there are some questions from experts. have a look at this from the nuffield trust again. the funding proposal appears to be insufficient. that s for their social care plan. secondly, the ifs on the manifesto as a whole there are clear risks that their package of tax measures wouldn t raise the money that they claim, which would make it harder to pay for some of those commitments. so, hopefully that was some useful context about some of the claims made last night. as ever, there is plenty more on the bbc website. sir keir starmer has promised to put scotland at the heart of government and provide thousands ofjobs in sectors such as engineering,
our first guest, please put your hands together for ourfirst guest, sir ed davey. applause hi there. good to see you. so, sir ed davey, welcome. just to say, our rules here are pretty simple. they are the same for every leader. you won t get interrupted if you keep your questions reasonably brief and actually answer the question. myjob here is to keep you to the point. so, on that, let s have our first question from alison. the liberal democrats - are planning to spend five times as much as the labour party in extra spending. aren t you going to i bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison. the answer is no. we put together a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it has got a big health and social care package at the centre, about £9 billion, and other things, for instance, helping with free school meals and the cost of living, and we have shown how we will pay for everything we have got in that. for example, we are thinking that some of the large corporates