with the live audience, putting party leaders through their paces, was obviously quite strenuous for all of them but what about for the panel, did you watch and what was most striking? i panel, did you watch and what was most striking? panel, did you watch and what was most striking? i did. what struck me was the fact most striking? i did. what struck me was the fact that most striking? i did. what struck me was the fact that rishi most striking? i did. what struck me | was the fact that rishi sunak seemed to answer questions. that was the fact that rishi sunak seemed to answer questions. . . to answer questions. that is the aim, to answer questions. that is the aim. isn t to answer questions. that is the aim. isn t it? to answer questions. .. that is the aim. isn t it? i to answer questions. that is the aim, isn t it? i checked to answer questions. that is the aim, isn t it? i checked the - to answer questions. that is the | aim, isn t it? i checked the londo
the same view there, but what i ve witnessed, especially over the last couple of years is a complete change, getting rid of what i would call the loony left, where extreme socialist policies, rather than creating a wealthy britain. tell me about the courtship between the billionaire and the socialist, between you and keir starmer. i don t know whether i would call it a courtship, to be honest. my thoughts on labour historically were very negative, and what i ve seen now, the more and more i ve looked at labour, is a transformation. is this going to be the first time you ll have voted labour? first time in 51 years, yes, and honestly it took a lot of me soul searching. because i guess you voted for the conservatives a lot in the past, is that right? yes, and it wasn t really because it was the conservative party, it s conservative principles i believe in. what, in your view, has gone wrong for the conservatives, is rishi sunak a dud? 0h, absolute dud. all the criticisms that i
growth for the month which was broadly in line with economist expectations. the sluggishness comes after the uk economy recorded its fastest growth in two years from january to march, exiting the recession it fell into in the final half of last year. but my opening question starting with you, geoffrey cox, is rishi sunak right to say the economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no economy has turned a corner? i think he is. no doubt economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about that. economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about that. all - he is, no doubt about that. all predictions show that growth will continue this year an increase next year and inflation is down to 2.3 and we can look in the next two or three months to cuts in interest rates. it s definitely turned the corner, no doubt about that. this is one month of figures. it is corner, no doubt about that. this is one month
katherine, i m rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party s plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you ve just gone through that we ve already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people s taxes, because i believe in a country where people s hard work is rewarded. after cutting national insurance last autumn and in the spring the manifesto will promise to cut it by a further two pence for employees. it will also pledge that the state pension will not be taxed, and make permanent an existing cut to stamp duty for first time buyers, as well as promising that parents will only have to start paying back child benefit when their household income reaches £120,000. the manifesto will also contain pledges to raise defence spending, reform the welfare system, and double down on plans to se
it reads. our correspondentjoe inwood has the latest from the island of symi. i ve been here for three orfour days now following the attempt to find michael mosley and you hear that statement from clare bailey mosley, and it is very sad, it is a very heartfelt statement for a man who so many people clearly loved and held in great affection. he was a very well known broadcaster, a doctor, a medical expert, but he was also a husband and father. a friend to many people and that is what came through in there. as you say, it was the news that we had been expecting from this morning and certainly, the longer it went on, the longer the search went on, the more unlikely it was that he would be found alive and well. it is incredibly hot here, incredibly difficult conditions, those hills behind me, those aren t the hills he was found on but but they are very similar geologically, they are the same sort of height, it is very rough terrain, very difficult, very exposed. it was right in t