Lets get a flavour of some of the sparks that flew tonight. This is one exchange betweenJeremy Corbyn and amber rudd, discussing the need for social care. We are a party who a lwa ys for social care. 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 three years. We will always provide that safety net. Amber, you try to remove safety nets from people on disabilities and turned around on that. You are not credible. I know there is no extra payments you do not want to add, no tax you do not want to rise but the fa ct tax you do not want to rise but the fact is that we have to concentrate oui fact is that we have to concentrate our resources on the people who need it most and we have to stop thinking, as you do, that there is a Magic Money Tree. You have to be accountable. Just one of the highlights from the debate this evening. I highlights from the debate this evening. Lam pleased highlights
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Barriers. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Negotiators from the us, canada and mexico meet today to lash out a new north American Free trade agreement. One of the worlds Biggest Shipping Companies releases its latest earning numbers. What will this tell us earning numbers. What will this tell us about the state of global trade . Good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Later today in washington, dc the first round of negotiations will start for nafta, the north American Free trade agreement, a pact between canada, the us and mexico. The us president made a campaign to promise to renegotiate the deal signed in 1994. Any other disagreements are between the us and mexico, but there are also issues in canada, one of them Softwood Lumber. To get to the root of this problem we sent our correspondent to the state of maine. Theres a lot of uncertainty. Nobody knows where this will go. Theres a lot of tal
To have been injured. A former speaker of the House Of Lords tells the bbc that many peers contribute absolutely nothing to parliament. Good morning. Its tuesday, 21st february. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Hospital services in nearly two thirds of england could be cut or scaled back according to bbc analysis of local plans in different areas. Ministers argued that patients will benefit as care is brought closer to peoples homes but a major Health Think Tank has questioned the credibility of the plans. Protests outside Horton Hospital in oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. And its not the only place. Right across england proposals for big changes are afoot in the nhs. The bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. Two thirds include either Hospital Closures or moving treatments to a different site. More than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providi