Prime minister Boris Johnson. Finally the conservative leader and Prime Minister borisjohnson. And remember as always you can join in on twitter, facebook, instagram and the usual way. So lets get started. Will you please join the usual way. So lets get started. Will you pleasejoin me in welcoming the leader of the labour party, Jeremy Corbyn . Good evening, mr corbyn, and thank you for being with us. Before we start, and i promise you i am saying this to everybody, the aim tonight is for our audience here is to ask if as many questions as possible so if as many questions as possible so if you could keep your answers brief and to the point, that would be great. So, lets have ourfirst question from ian parkin. Good evening. Should businesses be frightened of an incoming Labour Government . No, they should not be frightened. Because our countrys economy relies on many small and Medium Sized Enterprises that are the motor of our economy that have difficulty in accessing capital and suppor
Nationalising british business. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is in lancaster to deliver a speech in the next few moments on the broadband announcement. Mrjohnson has also denied claims by Brexit Party Leader nigel farage that the conservatives offered his candidates peerages to try to get them to stand down. Im anita mcveigh. Live in aberdeen. At the Maritime Museum. This is a city fuelled by the sea and oil. Just as the Election Debate here is fuelled not only by brexit, but by independence. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The labour party says it plans to deliver fast and free full fibre broadband to every household and business by 2030. They say they would part nationalise bt to deliver the policy, and tax tech giants to help cover the cost which labour estimates to be about 20 billion pounds. Jeremy corbyn is set to outline these proposals at a speech here. At lancaster university. Well bring you that as soon as it starts. 0ur poltiical correspondent nick eardley i
Also tonight around 100 people are rescued from floods in the midlands with more flood warnings and rain on the way. The mother of a ten Year Old Girl who died after contracting an infection in a cancer ward in glasgow claims there was a cover up over her death. Sleeping on the streets, in parks, on peoples sofas a Charity Warns that more than 20,000 young people are at risk of homelessness this christmas. And eastenders stars take on strictly for tonights children in need. And coming up on bbc news. More medals for Great Britain on the final day of the world para athletics championship in dubai as they finished third in the medal table. Good evening. Labour has unveiled plans to give every home across the uk free broadband in the next decade by partly nationalising bt. The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said his partys proposals were visionary and the £20 billion cost of doing it would be paid for by introducing a tax on tech giants. The Prime Minister called it a crackpot scheme
On bbc news at 5pm. As Donald Trumps impeachment inquiry continues, the former Us Ambassador to ukraine says she was ousted from herjob after coming under attack from the president s personal lawyer. I do not understand mr giulianis motives for attacking me, nor can i offer an opinion on whether he believed the allegations he has read about me. Further heavy rains brings more misery to parts of the uk. The fire service says its rescued nearly a hundred people in the last 2a hours. The first non stop flight from london to sydney a journey so long, you get to see two sunrises. And adam driver is an fbi agent, in the report. Find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of this weeks new releases in the film review. Good evening, welcome to the bbc news at 5, im jane hill. Our top story today is that labour has promised free full fibre broadband for every home and business in the uk within a decade, if it wins the election. Labour says it would nationalise parts of bt, and introd
Around 100 people are rescued by the service from floods in the midlands with warnings of more rain on the way. The mother of a 10 Year Old Girl who died after contracting an infection in a cancer ward in glasgow claims there was a cover up over her death. Sleeping on the streets, in parks, on peoples sofas a Charity Warns that more than 20 thousand young people are at risk of homelessness this christmas. And eastenders stars take on strictly for tonights children in need. Coming up on tonights news watch, the strange tale of how three year old footage of Boris Johnson laying a wreath at the cenotaph came to be broadcast on monday morning. Join us tonight here on bbc news. Labour has unveiled plans to give every home across the uk free broadband in the next decade by partly nationalising bt. The shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said his partys proposals were visionary and the £20 billion cost of doing it would be paid for partly by introducing a tax on tech giants. The Prime Minister c