tax for the big banks. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey! applause. a day to make some noise. the liberal democrats have been loudly declaring that the nhs and social care is in crisis. with a leader who has spoken about his experience of caring for his disabled son and previously his mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous, so our manifesto doesn t shy away from that. we are putting forward a bold, ambitious and fully costed plan to tackle the health and care crisis from top to bottom. this is a manifesto to save the nhs. crisis from top to bottom. the lib dems are pledging to give everyone the right to see a gp within seven days or 2a hours if urgent. provide free at home care for the elderly and disabled. and guarantee access to an nhs dentist in an emergency. the party also wants to lift the two child benefit cap, increase aviation taxes on people who frequent
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 britains 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. Todayis today is meant to be
This is bbc news. The government says 27 high rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities have failed fire cladding safety tests. Four buildings on the Chalcot Estate near Swiss Cottage in london were evacuated last night by authorities for urgent fire safety works. They identified a number of issues in the blocks around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building was not safe. Some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. Around 80 households have refused to leave. The general advice is to get out and evacuate but until circumstances change my intend to stay put. Now it is Dateline London. Hello and welcome to Dateline London at the end of a week in which one leader held on Against The Odds whilst another found himself out of a job. The unlucky one was saudi arabias crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encoura
This is bbc news. The government says 27 high rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities have failed fire cladding safety tests. Four buildings on the Chalcot Estate near Swiss Cottage in london were evacuated last night by authorities for urgent fire safety works. They identified a number of issues in the blocks around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building was not safe. Some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. Around 80 households have refused to leave. The general advice is to get out and evacuate but until circumstances change my intend to stay put. Now it is Dateline London. Hello and welcome to Dateline London at the end of a week in which one leader held on Against The Odds whilst another found himself out of a job. The unlucky one was saudi arabias crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encoura
At the end of a week in which one leader held on Against The Odds whilst another found himself out of a job. The unlucky one was saudi arabias crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encouraging sign for those hoping for reform. Britains Prime Minister theresa may, though, made it to the brussels summit of european leaders, defying predictions she would quickly be deposed after her election humiliation. It was the week where her government began negotiating brexit. Those leading the talks exchanged gifts a book On Mountaineering and a Walking Stick. Just how much of an uphill struggle will it be . With me are steve richards, uk Political Commentator and author of the rise of the outsiders. Mina al oraibi, an iraqi british journalist, whos about to become editor in chief of the national. Agnes poirier, uk editor with the french magazine marianne, and American Writer and broadcasterjeff mcallister. A warm welcome to you all. Thanks with being with us again. Agnes, let me as