up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok
here s £500. i can go and do a good shop. i can put electricity on, and i can relax a bit. you go to your bank, go to anywhere else for a loan, it s paperwork, paper this, paperwork that. these boys had the cash in their hand. so how did the loan sharks know that alan was so vulnerable? he s told us that he recognised one of the men who came to his door from his localfood bank. he d seen him sitting in a car watching outside as he and others queued to get help. an indication that loan sharks are deliberately targeting food bank users. it was at the food bank. he was sitting outside the food bank. but i didn t pay any
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very low interest rates. if we were to see an increase, it would be small, they would be incremental, but right now, the bank of england is saying, let s wait and see where we are. an 0pposition day debate will be held in parliament this afternoon on whether to keep the £20 a week uplift to universal credit, which is currently due to be scrapped at the start of october. labour will challenge conservative mps who oppose the welfare cut to do the right thing , and vote with them in a non binding motion. with me now laura robinson who is on universal credit and is a volunteer at her localfood bank. thank you so much forjoining us today to talk about this. tell us about yourself first of all, you are about yourself first of all, you are a mum and you work part time? that a mum and you work part-time? that is correct. a mum and you work part-time? that is correct- i a mum and you work part-time? that is correct. i would a mum and you work part time? trust is correct. i would love to a