The truth is taxes are still going up. People feel worse off because they are worse off. So this morning, we have one big question in what direction would labour drive the economy . The woman in charge of the partys calculator, Rachel Reeves, who wants to be the next chancellor is here. The budget promised extra cash to get more bang for taxpayers bucks in the Health Service. Well ask the health secretary, victoria atkins, what difference that will make. And whats it like when your body wont do the Amazing Things you used to do the lead singer of del amitri tells us how parkinsons hasnt stopped him taking to the stage. Morning, morning. Helping me out at the desk for the next 60 minutes, chef and green campaigner Hugh Fearnley whittingstall, john lewis boss dame sharon white, and lord michael howard, former conservative leader, and one time Shadow Chancellor, too. A very warm welcome to all of you. Making the news this morning. The sunday times says Boris Johnson went to venezuela, and
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defence secretary grant shapps is here to answer that question. how would yvette cooper, who wants to be labour s home secretary, manage the risk at home? and in the latest of our election year interviews, the first minister of scotland claims he knows what s going to happen. it is undoubtedly the case that keir starmer doesn t need scotland to win. he s going to be the next prime minister of the uk. how does he know? morning, morning. welcome to you, and welcome to my trio at the desk simon reeve, intrepid explorer who s been travelling round the world making tv for more than 20 years. lucky for some! conservative baroness nicky morgan, who was in the cabinet, and businessman, multimillionaire and philanthropist sir tom hunter. let s start with what s making the news. the bbc website is leading on the latest utterance from the israeli prime minister saying a two state solution can t be the answer to the conflict in the middle east. the papers are a mixed bunch. the sunday
rescue the five people on board. joining me for the next hour on the panel is a former hillary clinton campaign manager in the repeater, former uk representative to nato. he will speak to them in a moment. presidentjoe biden s sun hunter biden has agreed to plead guilty to illegally owning a gun while being a drug user. two charges, ending a long running justice department investigation. meanwhile, donald trump its new court date in the calendar, august the iath is the date, the former president has been indicted on charges of retaining classified government records and obstructing justice, the special counsel has promised a speedy trial. we look at the soaring costs of mortgages and rent here in the uk as inflation pushes prices higher and higher. we start with a huge surge, the race to say five people were on board a submersible which is gone missing in the north atlantic close to the wreck of the titanic. the coastguard is that the vessel may only have a8 hours of breathab
days after a major dam in ukraine was destroyed, seismologists have found evidence of a huge explosion in the area, close to the time of the breach. donald trump is charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. on the 75th anniversary of the windrush arriva we re live at the royal albert hall in london where a special concert will be held tonight. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. hello there let s start with the build up to the champions league final in istanbul between manchester city and inter milan. fans arriving in the turkish city ahead of the big game. much of the talk is whether city and pep guardiola can go on to complete a famous treble. olly foster is in istanbulfor us. you just know that pep guardiola will not overthink this final as he did against chelsea two years ago. he has got his set strongest 11 and he is very unlikely to waver from that unless of