begins in an hour. we will look at that in some detail. and we will take a closer look as more and more journalists arrive. the bbc has learned that the conservative party s director of campaigning is being looked into by the gambling commission over an alleged bet on the timing of the general election. tony lee, and his wife laura sanders who is the party s candidate in bristol north west are both being looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. we will have a general election on the 4th ofjuly. july elections are a rarity. now, the gambling commission is looking into some of the bets that were placed on one being called. the use of confidential information in orderto gain an unfair advantage when betting may be a criminal offense. we now know that among those being looked into are tony lee, who s the conservative party s director of ca
continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. a police officer working as part of the prime minister s close protection team has been suspended and later arrested over alleged bets about the timing of the general election. and, as we come on air tonight, we can reveal that a second conservative candidate is being looked into by the gambling commission the industry regulator over a bet relating to when the general election would be. it isn t known when the bet was placed orfor how much money. our political editor chris mason broke the stories and has this report. the prime minister in suffolk this morning visiting a nuclear power plant, and wherever he goes he has close protection officers out of view, nearby. iwas close protection officers out of view, nearby. i was tipped off tonight that one of them had put bets on the timing of the general election. the metropolitan police acknowledged i was right, they
we ll hear from teachers who say parents have made their lives a misery. hello and welcome to the programme. we re live until 11am. throughout the programme we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, keen to hear from you. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. our top story today. labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and scrap tuition fees for student nurses if it wins the general election. the party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to 1%. labour said the policies would help address staffing shortages in england that had become a threat to patients . our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us now. hi norman, good morning. so, how much will this pay rise be for nhs staff? well, labour are saying they wa nt staff? well, labour are saying they want people in the nhs to get a pay rise in line with the cost of living. so that means goi
also tonight: russian police break up a protest in moscow an opposition leader is arrested before he can address the crowd. the duchess of cambridge visits the hospital treating victims of the london terror attack she met nurses and patients. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news the england under 20s manager says it s too soon to call them a golden generation, despite their world cup final win. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, theresa may has just faced her mps, admitting that she s got the party into a mess and promising that she will get them out of it. it s not the only sign of the challenges the prime ministerfaces. for the first time in recent memory, the queen s speech in which the government lays out its plans could be delayed. it may have to be postponed from next monday as the government negotiates a deal with northern ireland s democratic unionist party to give it a majority in parliament. theresa may is widely expected