good evening from nottingham where rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have clashed over tax, immigration and welfare in theirfinal head to head debate before polling day next thursday. it was a heated confrontation, during which they faced questions from a live audience behind me, who challenged them to explain and justify their stance on integrity in politics, the cost of living and brexit. our political editor chris mason is here. what stood out? for me it was all about the tone, it was all about the exchanges as opposed to the contents but the content matters but much of that will be familiar to regular viewers over the past five weeks or so. but it was the exchanges which are defined tonight. it was a much more free flowing debate compared to previous debates in this campaign. there was more anger, more passion, morejeopardy. rishi sunak had nothing to lose tonight and that defined his approach, i thought. nothing to lose tonight and that defined his approach, ithought. he
the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, is pledging to invest more than seven billion pounds, to try to unlock further funding from the private sector. meanwhile, the conservatives say labour s policy of banning new licences for oil and gas in the north sea will cost billions in lost tax. labour says its plans to close loopholes in the windfall tax on energy companies, that it says will raise llions. in about an hour, reform uk will release its election manifesto which the party is calling a contract with voters. we ll have more on that in a moment. the liberal democrats are having a day at the beach. while calling for an expansion of fuel duty relief for rural motorists. leader sir ed davey visited a south devon beach taking off his shoes and socks and building sand castles with children and their parents. as we said, nigel farage will launch reform uk s election manifesto in the next hour which the party is calling a contract with voters. reform is promising a freez
decision to make about who has power and influence in westminster. you get the opportunity to have your say in the election onjuly the 4th. on monday, we heard the prime minister, with the leader of this cash nationalists scottish party. first minister, welcome. my premise at the start of this interview is that what you say in the next half hour will be broadcast in full. i want you to have the chance to make your case to people. do your best to do answer the questions and to confirm they are new to you. seven weeks ago, you probably thought you were going to be relaxing, putting yourfeet probably thought you were going to be relaxing, putting your feet up, scotland play germany and the euros, and then the snp leader quits. you become first minister, party leader, and now this. i become first minister, party leader, and now thie and now this. i didn t expect to be in a situation and now this. i didn t expect to be in a situation i and now this. i didn t expect to be i
Good morning. The pay gap between men and women in their 20s has narrowed to its lowest level ever, but if youre in your 30s or 40s men are still earning much more. Why . Ill be finding out. Good morning. In sport, a fantastic comeback from arsenal, who came back from 3 0 down with 20 minutes left to draw 3 3 at bournemouth. Arsenal stay fourth in the table. Good morning. The Natural History museum prepares to dismantle dippy the diplodocus. After 100 years in the same spot, the dinosaur is going on tour. And carol has the weather. Good morning. It isa it is a cloudy start for england and Wales Cricket board in with some drizzle. It will brighten up, though, particular central and eastern areas. A cold start for scotla nd eastern areas. A cold start for scotland and Northern Ireland with some clear skies. Some sunshine, if you wintry showers but a keen wind down the north sea coast. More details on the weather in 15 minutes. Thanks. Good morning. First, our main story. Britains outgoin