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and i sat in the back, working out the swings with a calculator and a pad of paper, which i then passed him a piece of paper so that he could sound terribly informed about the swings in each constituency. i also spent a bit of time clock watching output, both the bbc and itv and others, for a private company that was just assessing whether or not they were meeting the election guidelines and giving all the parties a fair crack at the whip. which is why you ve always been so intrinsically fair at election time. it s hard wired into you! but i know that this is probably the first. well, i know for a fact this is the first ever uk general election where the party leaders have had to comment on the fact that a former us president has just been found guilty of a felony. yeah. cos it s never happened before. it is just sort of. when you say it like that, itjust. itjust takes your breath away. and, yes, they ve all had to comment. right, and we will discuss what they ve been s ....
the nhs in england will receive an extra £2.8 billion by 2020 with £350 million provided immediately to allow trusts to plan for the winter. the tax on tobacco continues to rise but there s a freeze on wine, cider and spirits and the fuel duty rise for both petrol and diesel is cancelled. good afternoon from westminster where the chancellor, philip hammond, has delivered a budget which he said would make the uk fit for the future as an outward looking, free trading nation once it leaves the european union. but he had to announce dramatically downgraded growth forecasts for next five years from a previously announced 2% this year, to i.5%. he told the commons that an extra £3 billion will be set aside over the next two years to prepare for brexit. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the chancellor s statement was a record of failure with a forecast of more to come . let s take a look at some of the main measures in today s budget. on housing, there was good news ....
to his board. police are searching for at least two people over the fatal shooting of a marketing executive who was killed in his dorset home. the german chancellor angela merkel will meet vladimir putin in her first visit to russia for two years. also this hour. dueting with britain s favourite songbird. as they return from migration, folk singers welcome them back in the first national nightingale festival. and why marathon runner paula radcliffe could lose her world record under new proposals by european athletics. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he is not posted offender the home secretary as she stated the wrong cost. this morning, diane abbott initially told lbc the policy would cost three hundred thousand pounds, before correcting herself to about 80 million . mr corbyn has said the policy will cost £300 million . following developments from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. tod ....
and fiona bruce will be here with a round up of the day before the news. but first, it s time for newswatch. hello, welcome to newswatch with me, paddy o connell standing inforsamira. coming up: diane abbott got her maths in a muddle but did bbc news get their sums wrong too and make too muchf it? and madeline mccann is a tragic case, but is the bbc obsessed with it? brexit was always going to loom large over this election campaign and this week, it took centre stage. the war of words started on monday. theresa may describes the reports of a fractious dinner with her and urban the european union as brussels gossip. she was reporting to use the kinds of sharp disagreements withjuncker over how quickly a deal could be done. maxine edmonds was one of the number of viewers are surprised at the prominence being given to a second hand anonymous briefing in german. writing: rob cattle agreed: but was this just gossip? on tuesday, the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg t ....
by davis and hammond, laura kuenssberg tried again to get clarity on the state of discussions between the uk and eu. can i ask you not to hide behind the fact that there will be with negotiations, in this election, don t voters are allowed to know how much taxpayers‘ cash they are stumping up, is close to zero or 100 million or zero? the bbc‘s political editor faced questions from viewers. and one of you called jim asked: it s notjust the conservatives who have been under scrutiny in this week before the election coverage. on tuesday, the shadow home secretary diane abbott was questioned about labour s plans to recruit 10,000 more police officers and how much that would cost. among a round of interviews, one with nick ferrari on lbc was probably not her finest hour. and later, jo coburn played it to her again on the daily politics show. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? well, if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four year period, we believe ....