and any ties to trump s campaign. the former tv presenter rolf harris is being released on bail tomorrow. the veteran entertainer is currently on trial accused of indecently assaulting three girls between 1971 and 1983. retail sales rose by 2.3% last month defying market expectations that rising inflation would cause a consumer slowdown. hello and good morning. welcome to bbc news. i m sophie long, in west yorkshire. where theresa may will promise to address the rising cost of social care in england and curb immigration when she launches the conservative manifesto shortly. it has been delayed due to travel problems and there have been a couple of protests which have sprung up. small protests at this stage. one to the side of the building and another to the entrance. shortly theresa may will arrive here and unveiled the conservative party plans for the election. let s take you through what we are expecting to hear from theresa may at this stage. the party is promising that
and leaders from most of the main parties have been taking part in a live tv debate on the bbc. interestingly prime minister theresa may wasn t there she ruled out doing head to head tv debates and sent a senior minister, amber rudd, in her place. the main opposition labour leader jeremy corbyn had said he also wouldn t go if mrs may wasn t appearing but he had a last minute change of heart, and decided to turn up. let s hear him clashing with amber rudd over payments to disabled people. we are a party who always supports those in most need. and the welfare bill for helping people on disabilities has gone up £7 billion in the last seven years. and is now at £50 billion. we will always provide that safety net. amber, you tried to remove safety nets away from people on disabilities and turned around on that. you are not credible. i know there is no extra payment you do not want to add to, no tax you do not want to rise, but the fact is that we have to concentrate our re
joined by nathan holman, one of the architects of the paris accord and the obama administration, you watched that, what did you make of it? trump made a case about fairness and in that sense i thought it was relative to the facts of what the paris agreement actually is. i thought it was borderline delusional and apocalyptic. those are strong words, back them up. he sketched a vision of what the paris accord is asa kind vision of what the paris accord is as a kind of international imposition of the united states put it was negotiated as something the united states could argue we wanted to do on our own terms. the president fundamentally does not agree with those negotiation terms? one thing interesting about his vision and he is conflating two important things about paris, one of the structure of the international agreement and wonders will we propose to country. for him they are one and the same and he is certainly not happy with the targets put forth, those targets are negot
hello and welcome to the programme. we re live until 11am. so much for you today coming up. this hour we are talking to a mum who is calling for a vaccine that is exclusively given to girls to be given to boys too. it s to protect against a virus called hpv which can cause different types of cancer and sexually transmitted diseases. have you got sons and do you want them protected? an official decision has yet to be made as to whether boys should get it. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. plus have you made up your mind how you are going to vote? let me know who and why, and if you re still undecided, what is it that you re weighing up? our top story today. it s the final day of campaigning in the general election and the party leaders will be on a hectic schedule of visits to key towns and cities across britain in a last push for votes. the clos
to the week in parliament. on this programme, the last prime minister s questions before the summer recess seesjeremy corbyn and theresa may going to battle on some familiar themes. 3.8 million people in work are now living in poverty. we created the national living wage. that was the biggest pay increase for people on lowest incomes ever. with mps and peers heading off on their summer break, we ask three experts what we have learnt from this parliament so far and what we can expect in the future. also on this programme, the government announces it s bringing forward the date when the state pension age will rise to 68. there is a balance to be struck between funding of the state pension in years to come, whilst also ensuring fairness for future generations of taxpayers. but first, there was a rowdy end of term sort of feel to the last prime minister s questions before recess. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn focused on low pay, but began by highlighting splits at the top of the