Future. President trump prays at the western wall on a visit to israel and talks to both israeli and palestinian leaders. And the diamond that turned out to bea and the diamond that turned out to be a cut above the rest, bought the £10 ina be a cut above the rest, bought the £10 in a car boot sale it will go under the hammer the £350,000. Its five oclock. Our main story the conservatives have performed a rapid climb down over their central manifesto pledge on social care. Theresa may, in a Campaign Speech in wrexham, said their plans include a consultation on a cap or in her words an absolute limit on the money people will need to pay. Its unclear what that cap will be. The conservatives had proposed that those needing care would have to meet the costs by forfeiting all but the last 100,000 pounds of their assets , including the value of their property. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Huge bills and a big question. Who should pick up the tab, and when, for our care
Altering a manifesto that was only four days old. What does it tell us about theresa may . We can hearfrom one of the daily mails senior columnist. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty u turn on her plans to reform social care in england. Just four days after publishing the conservative manifesto and following widespread controversy, theresa may claimed she was now clarifying the policy. The Prime Minister said she would consider imposing a limit on the cost of home care for the elderly. Mrs mays opponents said the about turn was the very opposite of strong and stable leadership. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Serenely rolling along, it had seemed, with only a few noises off. But an antihunting protest was the last of the tories problems today. The manifesto created a mess over social care that had to be cleared up. The original version of the tory plans were to be bundled away. It might not sound like it, but thi
Many things could happen that could not happen before. But even while hes abroad the president battles controversy back at home could he seems to say he didnt tell the russians the intelligence was sharing came from israel. Also. Theresa may is supposed to win this election in a landslide so why are the polls narrowing. Tonight the Prime Minister speaks to the country after a rethink on one of her key manifesto pledges. And. The orb that lit up the internet. Twitter goes wild over this photo of President Trump on his weekend visit to saudi arabia. How would you write the caption . Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump said today theres now a unique opportunity for peace between israelis and palestinians and the white house clearly believes hes the right man to take advantage of the moment. Good luck with that, is effectively the reaction of the many people who have tried and failed to bring about this ultimate deal. But whats new, says the adm
And the conservatives cant be trusted. We have not rewritten the manifesto, the principles upon which it is written remain the same, we need to ensure that we have long term sustainability and social care, we need to be able to ensure that we can fund social care for the future, we are doing the honest thing in putting a proposal to the british people. How is it honest to reject a cap in your manifesto and four days later say, we are going to have a cap, what is honest about that . what we set out in the manifesto was a series of principles, to say to people, first of all, this is a big issue, we need to address it and we are being honest that we must fix it, and that is what i want to do, i am not going to play politics with it, very my head in the sand, that is whatJeremy Corbyn does with it. No, you arejust going to change or mind on it, apparently. This woman is already doing another u turn she decided it wasnt parliament that decided it wasnt parliament that decided her view. John
Altering a manifesto that was only four days old. What does it tell us about theresa may . We can hearfrom one of the daily mails senior columnist. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty u turn on her plans to reform social care in england. Just four days after publishing the conservative manifesto and following widespread controversy, theresa may claimed she was now clarifying the policy. The Prime Minister said she would consider imposing a limit on the cost of home care for the elderly. Mrs mays opponents said the about turn was the very opposite of strong and stable leadership. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Serenely rolling along, it had seemed, with only a few noises off. But an antihunting protest was the last of the tories problems today. The manifesto created a mess over social care that had to be cleared up. The original version of the tory plans were to be bundled away. It might not sound like it, but thi