and they won t be the last. what does it mean for council tax payers in the city? and as concerns grow for the financial futures of dozens of other councils, is this more evidence of crumbling britain? we will speak to conservative and labour councillors and an expert on town halls growing financial woes. also tonight, hundreds of women can now take legal action against the makers of a contraceptive coil that women say have left them maimed and in constant pain. we will talk to the lawyer representing 200 patients and a woman who says she was forced to have a hysterectomy to get the coil out of her. and the row between government and big tech which could mean that the message services millions of us rely on could stop working. and the government plans to tighten benefit rules to encourage more disabled people off benefits and into work. we will get a reaction from a charity. and do send us a message on whatsapp. are you in receipt of benefits and keen to work, or an employer
representation in parliament are all on the list. we will speak to them injusta on the list. we will speak to them injust a moment. the former american soldier, chelsea manning, who passed thousands of confidential documents to wikileaks, will be released from a military prison today. we ll speak to someone who campaigned for her release. hello and welcome to the programme. we re live until 11am. are you fat and fit? the bad news is there may be no such thing. some doctors now reckon it s impossible to be overweight without increasing your risk of future health problems. 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. in a moment we ll get the latest on election campaign here. first, though to the us, where the white house is denying reports that donald trump asked former fbi directorjames comey to stop an investigation into alleged links between an advisor an
important don t know the questions. first, the leader of the conservative party, the prime minister, theresa may. applause. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. good evening prime minister, yourfirst is from abigail. why should the public trust you when you have a known track record of broken promises and backtracking during your time as home secretary and prime minister? thank you david and thank you. applause. thank you for you coming to be an audience tonight, which is an important part of campaign. let me tell you about some of the things i did as home secretary. i said i would ensure we we re secretary. i said i would ensure we were dealing with extremist hate preachers and excluded more than any other before me. i said i would do something about stop and search, i don t think anybody should be stopped and searched because of the colour of their skin. i said i would be tough on crime and ensure our police and security services had the powers they need to do theirjo
hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. 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. our top story today. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it s completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. in an exclusive bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. our health editor hugh pym has more. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a&e units since records began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high patient demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading health systems were grappling with the same challenge. he said there was no silver bullet. i think it s wrong to suggest to people that these profound cha
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a stringent new approach to benefit claimants, announcing significant overhauls to the benefits system in a speech at the Centre for Social Justice last week