independent treasury officials have costed labour s policies and they amount to a £2000 tax rights for working family. it looks like now the chief treasury civil servant actually wrote to labour at two days ago saying the conservative assessment of their tax plan should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. the debate sought the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged over hospital waiting lists among other things. with a rant out of the highlights from that debate, this is our political correspondent ian watson. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 14 years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you know
Shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. Good morning, its tuesday the 9th of may. Im rachel schofield, welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have vowed to cap Energy Prices if they win the General Election. Under the plans theresa may would give powers to the industry regulator, ofgem, to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Under the new plans, new powers would be given to ofgem to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Elsewhere labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is due to formally launch his partys general Election Campaign, where hes expected to say that the issue of Whether Brexit happens has been settled. The uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, and the green party is on the Isle Of Wight the uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, promising to end what it calls the privatisation experiment. Well be live In Manchester ahead of labours Campaign Launch shortly but first more o
But theresa may stands by him. Well, the conservative Party Continues to believe that these allegations are unfounded hes innocent until proven gulity and remains our candidate. Former ukip leader nigel farage, who lost to Craig Mackinlay in south thanet in 2015, says hes baffled by the Prime Ministers stance. Once again, it is bad judgment from theresa may. Why on earth would you allow someone to go ahead as a general election candidate when this cloud was clearly hanging over him . The reaction to Donald Trumps withdrawal from the paris Climate Change accord sparks a political row here opponents attack the Prime Ministerfor notjoining other european leaders to condemn the move. Given the chance to present a united front for our international partners, she has instead opted for silent, and once again, subservience to donald trump. Its a dereliction of both her duty to this country, and our duty to our planet. And scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, clarifies her position on whe
The story, they have paid off the dup and because they have support they now have a agenda. But it has exposed how things are going was backin exposed how things are going was back in the metro says theresa may squeaked through back in the metro says theresa may squea ked through the back in the metro says theresa may squeaked through the speech and the nature is everyone will be from now on. This is the best it gets for theresa may. This is all of the conservative mp votes, no rebels and all of the dup members. Every vote will be this close. These are the types of things the dup said yes we will supported that they cannot be sure if they get around to anything as . It covers finance, security, a confidence motion, Brexit Legislation so the very basic start of the daily life of the government. That could continue but other things could be disagreed upon and we should listen to save the dup has forced a u turn on things like means testing, the Winter Fuel Allowance and the triple lock a