treasures that could have been stolen from the british museum. the labour leader said keir starmer has focused on security on his first major speech of the general election campaign. he has been telling undecided voters in west sussex that his party will deliver stability. the labour party says if elected, it will carry out a 100 day national security review in government, looking at all of the threats facing britain. he hasjust finished taking questions so let s listen back to a little of what he had to say: for a long time, welcome people have had the odds stacked against them. but now we the odds stacked against them. bit now we are at a dangerous new point, christou crossing a rubicon of truss, notjust in politics, but in many of the institutions meant to serve and protect the british people. at moments where people are no longer believe their values or interest carry the respect of those interest carry the respect of those in power. when you put that alongside a gov
we start with some breaking news. the bbc has learned that a police officer working as part they were telling us they were contacted by the gambling, and these are these officers that are allocated in this and don t like incense. in this is it. obviously, they will hear things about what a prime minister is played inc. . they were looking into these alleged bets around one of their officers. the metro police telling me that they matter was immediately referred to officers in the directorate of professional standards. they open investigation. to put it in another language, while suspended, the officer was arrested on monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. he was taken into custody and vales further. the gambling commission is leading the investigation. the investigation by the police is running in parallel to the. news that we can bring you the an officer very close to the prime minister charge with over bets on the timing of the general election. clearly, a co
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok
they say it would pay for the recruitment and retention of 8,000 gps and will be funded by raising tax for the big banks. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. leader of the liberal democrats ed davey. applause applause a day to make some noise. the liberal democrats have been loudly declaring nhs and social care in crisis. with a leader who has spoken about his experience of caring for his disabled son and previously his mother. , ., , ., his disabled son and previously his mother. , ., ., , ., mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale - mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of- mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the| chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous, so our manifesto doesn t shy away from that. we are putting forward a bold, ambitious