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
parties are gathering for a special live bbc scotland debate. we ll be hearing from john swinney, the smp, douglas ross for the scottish conservatives, anas sarwar in scottish labour, let s listen in. one general election that could change the country, welcome to a special edition of debate night. live from glasgow, welcome to debate night with scotland s political party leaders. this evening they will go head to head in front of an audience comprised of people with different voting intentions, some of them still undecided. joining us this evening we. anas sarwar, leader of scottish labour. lorna slater, co leader of the scottish greens. douglas ross, leader of the scottish conservatives. and finally, from the scottish liberal democrats, leader alex cole hamilton. please welcome them to this special live edition of debate night. applause we are live on tv, radio and the iplayer, and you canjoin in the debate on social media wherever you are. the hashtag is bbcdn. so what are
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Information he has provided. Reporter what does that mean for democracy. If he does believe that, what does it mean for democracy . Ive answered your question. So how will the media and democrats carry on trying to challenge the new president . And a north korean diplomat who defected last year from its London Embassy claims its leader kimjong un would be prepared to attack los angeles with Nuclear Weapons if his survival in power depended on it. Kimjong un, i kim jong un, i think, kimjong un, i think, will press the button of this dangerous, you know, the weapons when he thinks that his rule and his time is threatened. That full interview before 11am. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. As always well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories throughout the programme. Later well be covering a story which the govt has been accused ifa if a woman has a third do get in touch. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the S