on a former president. that means it s going to be a dramatic day. both have a body of work that can be defended and criticised. voters know just what to expect. first time campaigns have gone outside of the commission for presidential debates and on the deal themselves with only one media organisation. that being cnn. that s why there s so much cnn branding everywhere else because they ve been very much in control of this. and it s the first debate as well where the candidates microphones will be muted when they go over time. so we will have to wait and seejust go over time. so we will have to wait and see just what impact that has on the debate. let s have a look now i just what has on the debate. let s have a look now ijust what is in store for us injust a now ijust what is in store for us in just a couple of hours time. we have this report from our north america editor. two old men whom the voters already know very well well enough to say they really don t like the cho
craig williams and laura saunders, on the date of the general election. on the campaign trail, labour is setting out changes to the process for someone to legally change their gender. the party is also offering to provide hundreds of thousands more dental appointments on the nhs. the lib dems release their analysis on hospital waiting times. leader sir ed davey claimed the country has ten days to save the nhs. the snp sjohn swinney will give a speech on brexit. while the dup is launching its manifesto in northern ireland. so it is a busy day for all of the parties today. we ll touch on all of the above in this programme, but let s start with the election betting investigation. here s tobias elwood speaking to the bbc radio 4 today. this betting saga has been deeply unhelpful, self inflicted distraction, and in what world they thought this was acceptable is beyond belief. the prime minister has expressed his anger, he said that at the leaders s question time debate. it has bee
Welcome to bbc news. Labours Election Manifesto has been formally approved by the Party Leadership and will be published next week. Jeremy corbyn said the policies would be fully costed and would prove to be very popular with voters. Some of those policies had already been revealed after a version of the document was leaked overnight. It included proposals to re nationalise the railways and to scrap University Tuition fees in england. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more on the Campaign Events of the day. They wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. This was meant to be the grand unveiling of a labour poster, albeit on a waste ground in south london. But the party leader was nowhere to be seen. Its got a terrific slogan. Jeremy corbyn should have been selling the slogan. Hed been promised as top billing. But after the astonishing leak of a draft of labours complete manifesto. We were told he had other things to do. Mr lavery, mr gwynne, wheres mr corbyn . He wa
Welcome to bbc news. Labours Election Manifesto has been formally approved by the Party Leadership and will be published next week. Jeremy corbyn said the policies would be fully costed and would prove to be very popular with voters. Some of those policies had already been revealed after a version of the document was leaked overnight. It included proposals to re nationalise the railways and to scrap University Tuition fees in england. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more on the Campaign Events of the day. They wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. This was meant to be the grand unveiling of a labour poster, albeit on a waste ground in south london. But the party leader was nowhere to be seen. Its got a terrific slogan. Jeremy corbyn should have been selling the slogan. Hed been promised as top billing. But after the astonishing leak of a draft of labours complete manifesto. We were told he had other things to do. Mr lavery, mr gwynne, wheres mr corbyn . He wa