forformer election for them? joining us today for former conservative cabinet minister, shadow business minister, liberal democrat and daily telegraph, columnist. this is politics live, election 202a. welcome to viewers on bbc two, bbc news and the iplayer. parliament has been dissolved which means politicians, are no longer mps but candidates. ordinary members of the public standing in their respectful constituents for their parties but they are welcome all the same. let s start for tax and spend and this headline on bbc news. labour rules out raising vat after was started by the chancellor, jeremy hunt writing today promising a conservative government you heard in the headlines, would not raise any headlines, would not raise any headline taxes. he claims that labour does have a plan to raise vat, this of course is a classic election strategy to try and expose hidden plans by your rivals during the campaign. but labour have quashed them and ruled out, as you also heard in th
Monday in parliament. The main news from westminster after the 620 summit, the Prime Minister is confident about the uks position in the world but dismayed at americas position on climate change. I spoke personally to President Trump to encourage them to rejoin the Paris Agreement and i continue to hope that is exactly what he will do. Theresa may is reaching out to other parties on Big Policy Issues Labour says her government has run out of steam. If the Prime Minister would like it i am very happy to furnish her with a copy of our election manifesto, or better still an early election so that the people of this country can decide. Also on the programme the Falkland Islander who travelled 8,000 miles to raise concerns about brexit. We may well lose the support of the rest of europe and may well see spain and possibly other members of europe giving greater support to argentina over its mistaken and a legal claim to the falkland islands. When the leaders of the 620 countries the worlds l
A New Zealand Virtual Reality (VR) provider is set to help autistic people in the UK who struggle with anxiety over hospital visits. Christchurch startup oVRcome has landed a major international contract with one of the largest National Health Service .