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craig williams and laura saunders, on the date of the general election. on the campaign trail, labour is setting out changes to the process for someone to legally change their gender. the party is also offering to provide hundreds of thousands more dental appointments on the nhs. the lib dems release their analysis on hospital waiting times. leader sir ed davey claimed the country has ten days to save the nhs. the snp sjohn swinney will give a speech on brexit. while the dup is launching its manifesto in northern ireland. so it is a busy day for all of the parties today. we ll touch on all of the above in this programme, but let s start with the election betting investigation. here s tobias elwood speaking to the bbc radio 4 today. this betting saga has been deeply unhelpful, self inflicted distraction, and in what world they thought this was acceptable is beyond belief. the prime minister has expressed his anger, he said that at the leaders s question time debate. it h ....
conservative manifesto launch. last night saw four party leaders grilled by a challenging question time audience on bbc one. rishi sunak was asked about the investigation into alleged bets made by two tory candidates as well as the party s director of campaigning and one of his own close protection officers. the prime minister said he was incredibly angry and that anyone with connections to him or the conservative party found to have broken gambling rules should face the full force of the law. the labour leader sir keir starmer was pushed on his previous support for former leaderjeremy corbyn, who he said would have made a better prime minister than borisjohnson. sir ed davey of the liberal democrats and the snp sjohn swinney were also grilled on the nhs, trust and past promises. but it was the prime minister who arguably faced the most challenging questions of the evening on the alleged betting scandal. when asked why those under investigation hadn t been suspend ....
and herzegovina at stjames park, with the tournament just 11 days away. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from salford. the conservative party is promising to tackle what it calls the confusion over the legal definition of a person s sex, if it wins the general election. equalities minister kemi badenoch said her party wants to crack down on what she described as predatory men who claim to identify as female to gain access to women only spaces. with more details, here s our political correspondent ione wells. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemp ....
That this is an issue he feels very strongly about. anna miller, thank ou. strongly about. anna miller, thank you- hannah strongly about. anna miller, thank you. hannah miller. the liberal democrats are promising new protections for rivers and coastlines if they get into power. the party says it will expand marine protected areas, and introduce a new blue flag status for rivers, to end what they call environmental vandalism . leader sir ed davey says families should be free to swim safely in the knowledge that our waters are not polluted with sewage. the leaders of four of scotland s parties will take part in a televised debate tonight. the snp sjohn swinney, labour s anas sarwar, the liberal democrat s alex cole hamilton, and the scottish conservative leader douglas ross willjoin the 90 minute debate, which starts at nine o clock on stv. the scottish green party has described its omission as out rageous work has begun this morning on the rob burrow centre for motor neuro ....