:00:07. > :00:18.Winter fuel payments will be stopped for wealthier pensioners
:00:19. > :00:21.and changes will be made to the way people are assessed for social care.
:00:22. > :00:24.Two of the headline policies in the Conservative manifesto to be
:00:25. > :00:30.Everyone will have the security of knowing they can pass on one
:00:31. > :00:32.hundred thousand pounds to their children and grandchildren.
:00:33. > :00:35.At the moment you can be cleaned out to as little as ?23,000,
:00:36. > :00:41.Other promises include a renewed pledge to cut immigration
:00:42. > :00:44.to the tens of thousands and plans to end free school meals for
:00:45. > :00:53.Also in the programme, Lauren Sandell was 18 when she died
:00:54. > :00:55.of meningitis W in her first term at university.
:00:56. > :00:58.Her mother will tell us why it's vital that sixth-formers get
:00:59. > :01:07.And the double Olympic champion Nicola Adams
:01:08. > :01:11.is with us this morning to talk about about
:01:12. > :01:13.turning professional, getting engaged to fellow top boxer
:01:14. > :01:17.Marlen Esparza and about her life growing up in Leeds.
:01:18. > :01:21.I was just thinking I want to win a gold medal. The whole being a role
:01:22. > :01:32.model came with it. Politicians like it out in front of
:01:33. > :01:35.sceptical voters. You left a note telling the country you spent all
:01:36. > :01:43.the money. You are punching harder. Nicola Adams will be with us
:01:44. > :01:50.after ten, so if you have any questions for her then do
:01:51. > :01:54.get in touch. We'd also love your comments on the
:01:55. > :01:57.Conservative Party manifesto - especially if you or your parents
:01:58. > :02:00.are likely to be affected by new Do get in touch on all the stories
:02:01. > :02:08.we're talking about this morning. Use the hashtag Victoria LIVE
:02:09. > :02:11.and If you text, you will be charged An end to winter fuel payments
:02:12. > :02:15.for wealthier pensioners, new measures to curb immigration
:02:16. > :02:18.and cuts to free school meals, are some of the policies
:02:19. > :02:21.in the Conservative Party's manifesto being
:02:22. > :02:27.published this morning. Let's get more from our political
:02:28. > :02:37.Guru, Norman Smith. Finally we get to hear what is in
:02:38. > :02:43.it. Welcome from the Tory manifesto launch was not what I am expecting
:02:44. > :02:48.is a pretty bold package. Not quite a run at five bar gate but it is
:02:49. > :02:53.ambitious. There will be some pain for pensioners, some painful
:02:54. > :03:02.business. Old Cameron policies will be junked as Therese me tries to set
:03:03. > :03:07.out own very distinctive agenda pitched predominantly at lower
:03:08. > :03:11.income voters are not the middle classes, as my colleague reports.
:03:12. > :03:13.When her manifesto is unveiled, Theresa May promises to create
:03:14. > :03:15.greater fairness between the generations and to offer help
:03:16. > :03:19.Previous Conservative commitments to protect pensioner incomes
:03:20. > :03:25.If re-elected, the pensions triple lock would become a double
:03:26. > :03:36.The state pension would rise in line with earnings,
:03:37. > :03:41.or prices, but a minimum 2.5% annual increase would not be guaranteed.
:03:42. > :03:44.Winter fuel payments would be means tested to help meet the costs
:03:45. > :03:49.For the first time, many elderly people receiving
:03:50. > :03:51.care in their own home would have to make
:03:52. > :03:55.The full cost would only be applied to people
:03:56. > :04:04.Payment could be deferred until after death.
:04:05. > :04:08.At the other end, schools in England would be protected from any losses
:04:09. > :04:18.Free school meals for infants would be canned.
:04:19. > :04:22.Schools would have to provide breakfasts and children from poor
:04:23. > :04:33.backgrounds would be provided free meals.
:04:34. > :04:35.Theresa May hopes this will demonstrate that she is willing
:04:36. > :04:37.to take big, difficult decisions and provide proof
:04:38. > :04:39.that her premiership would not be defined by the phrase,
:04:40. > :04:50.Martin, what we learned from this are two things. To recent me is
:04:51. > :04:57.determined to set out an ambitious, non-Brexit agenda. She does not just
:04:58. > :05:01.want to be defined by Brexit. She wants other landmark policies that
:05:02. > :05:08.she now feels she is at the peak of her powers, maximum Me. If she's
:05:09. > :05:12.going to push through these changes, now is the time to do it, not in a
:05:13. > :05:18.few years' time if she wins the election and she is in the rough and
:05:19. > :05:22.tumble of government and her authority eroded away. She does not
:05:23. > :05:27.have political capital to push through these changes. The mood
:05:28. > :05:32.music we are getting from her is now is the time to try to do some of
:05:33. > :05:36.these big changes. We will talk more about peak Theresa May later. Thank
:05:37. > :05:40.you very much. Annita is in the BBC
:05:41. > :05:42.Newsroom with a summary A former head of the FBI,
:05:43. > :05:47.Robert Mueller, has been appointed to investigate allegations
:05:48. > :05:49.that Russia interfered Calls for an independent
:05:50. > :05:52.investigation have been growing since President Trump fired the FBI
:05:53. > :05:55.director James Comey. As part of the inquiry Congress
:05:56. > :05:59.and the FBI will look into potential links between Mr Trump's campaign
:06:00. > :06:06.team and the Russian regime. Many GP surgeries across the UK
:06:07. > :06:09.are on the "brink of collapse" because of underfunding
:06:10. > :06:10.and staff shortages, The Conservatives say there are more
:06:11. > :06:14.doctors and they have increased funding to the NHS,
:06:15. > :06:17.but the head of the British Medical Association's GP committee warns
:06:18. > :06:33.a record number of practices The GP service is a very precious,
:06:34. > :06:38.overstretched service. It needs to be used responsibly. More than
:06:39. > :06:43.anything else you need resources to be able to provide a proper health
:06:44. > :06:44.service if you are too tried to deliver aims of any civilised
:06:45. > :06:47.nation. The former First Minister of Wales
:06:48. > :06:50.and Labour MP, Rhodri Morgan, Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru have
:06:51. > :06:54.suspended election campaigning today Colleagues have described him
:06:55. > :06:58.as Welsh through and through. James Williams reports
:06:59. > :07:03.from Cardiff. Charismatic, intelligent,
:07:04. > :07:06.controversial. In an era of political soundbites,
:07:07. > :07:09.Rhodri Morgan spoke Does a one-legged duck
:07:10. > :07:23.swim in a circle? And yet he was a political animal
:07:24. > :07:26.to the core, first elected in 1987. But after the creation
:07:27. > :07:29.of the Welsh Assembly he had his heart set
:07:30. > :07:41.on taking the helm in Cardiff. After two failures to do so,
:07:42. > :07:43.it would be the third time lucky. I think most of all,
:07:44. > :07:46.his great achievement was in bringing devolution
:07:47. > :07:49.into practical effect and helping it to grow and become popular at a time
:07:50. > :07:52.when it was on very shaky ground During his time as First Minister
:07:53. > :07:57.he would lead a Labour administration and
:07:58. > :07:59.entered two coalitions. One with the Liberal Democrats,
:08:00. > :08:04.the other with Plaid Cymru. In office he pursued a strategy
:08:05. > :08:06.of putting clear water between his ministers in Cardiff
:08:07. > :08:14.and Tony Blair's New Labour. Paying tribute, the former
:08:15. > :08:17.Prime Minister said that Mr Morgan was an outstanding servant
:08:18. > :08:21.of Wales, the United Kingdom His successor says that Wales has
:08:22. > :08:31.not just lost a great politician The former First Minister of Wales
:08:32. > :08:37.and Labour MP, Rhodri Morgan, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn
:08:38. > :08:46.will be absent as Britain's political leaders take part
:08:47. > :08:49.in a prime time TV debate. The ITV event will see
:08:50. > :08:52.Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, Ukip's Paul Nuttall and the SNP's
:08:53. > :08:56.Nicola Sturgeon lock horns. Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood and Green
:08:57. > :09:00.co-leader Caroline Lucas will also take part in the two-hour show
:09:01. > :09:04.being broadcast from Salford. The Prime Minister has refused
:09:05. > :09:07.to take part in TV debates and the Labour leader said
:09:08. > :09:09.he would not participate The broadcaster has said
:09:10. > :09:14.the invitation to take part remains open until the programme
:09:15. > :09:18.starts at 8pm. A group representing dozens
:09:19. > :09:22.of recycling organisations has named and shamed the six products
:09:23. > :09:24.in your shopping trolley that Pringles and Lucozade topped
:09:25. > :09:30.the list, while black plastic meat trays were also highlighted
:09:31. > :09:32.as a problem by the Our environment analyst
:09:33. > :09:38.Roger Harrabin reports. We are running short
:09:39. > :09:41.of holes in the ground Yet landfill sites are peppered
:09:42. > :09:46.with product that are supposed The trouble is that so many products
:09:47. > :09:54.nowadays have several different types of materials
:09:55. > :09:56.in their packaging. That can make them almost
:09:57. > :09:58.impossible to recycle. The foil interior, the cardboard
:09:59. > :10:18.sleeve, the metal bottom. There are different plastics
:10:19. > :10:26.in the base of the bottle Black plastic is virtually
:10:27. > :10:37.useless for recycling. So what will stop us dumping complex
:10:38. > :10:42.packages straight into the bin? Well, Prince Charles is launching
:10:43. > :10:44.a $2 million prize to stimulate new and more environmentally
:10:45. > :10:48.friendly designs and packaging. If the competition works,
:10:49. > :10:51.it will be easier in the future to shop for items that
:10:52. > :10:59.do not fill a landfill. Pringles says the packaging protects
:11:00. > :11:02.the crisps and saves waste while Lucozade insists the firm does
:11:03. > :11:07.care for the environment. Almost 2,000 species of plants have
:11:08. > :11:09.been discovered in the past year but many are already at risk
:11:10. > :11:13.of extinction. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has
:11:14. > :11:17.released its annual assessment of the state of the world's plants
:11:18. > :11:21.and is calling for more to be They include species used for food,
:11:22. > :11:27.medicine and timber. A member of Japan's Royal
:11:28. > :11:29.family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status
:11:30. > :11:31.by marrying a former Princess Mako, who is the eldest
:11:32. > :11:39.granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, is getting engaged to 25-year-old
:11:40. > :11:44.law firm worker, Kei Komuro. Japan's imperial law requires
:11:45. > :11:47.a princess to leave the royal family The move is expected to re-ignite
:11:48. > :11:52.debate on royal succession, as the 83-year-old emperor
:11:53. > :12:01.is expected to abdicate soon. That's a summary of the latest BBC
:12:02. > :12:04.News - more at 9.30am. Do get in touch with us
:12:05. > :12:10.throughout the morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE
:12:11. > :12:36.and if you text, you will be charged I understand what is being called as
:12:37. > :12:41.the most lucrative game in the world, Huddersfield beating
:12:42. > :12:51.Sheffield Wednesday on penalties. We would here it is the most expensive
:12:52. > :12:55.game. It was a dramatic night last night. That show you some of these
:12:56. > :13:03.pictures. This is Danny Ward, the Huddersfield goalkeeper saving in a
:13:04. > :13:06.penalty shoot out. The figure, ?200 million is through team that
:13:07. > :13:13.finishes bottom of the Premier League next season. The team that is
:13:14. > :13:17.relegated within a year will make upwards of ?80 million in parachute
:13:18. > :13:21.payments was then you have kicked and shirt branding details. That is
:13:22. > :13:25.the Huddersfield owner in the crowd for that he'll be counting the coins
:13:26. > :13:32.ahead of a Premier League season. David Wagoner ahead of a premiership
:13:33. > :13:38.play-off final. Match day earnings of at least ?1 million increased
:13:39. > :13:42.from the championship. That adds up to nearly ?200 million. Huddersfield
:13:43. > :13:49.already will earn at least ?290 million if they avoid relegation
:13:50. > :13:53.next season. Huge amounts of money. Plenty of places to spend it.
:13:54. > :14:01.They'll be needing some new players ahead of the premiere season --
:14:02. > :14:09.Premier League season. Another record held by Cristiano Ronaldo. He
:14:10. > :14:13.is only 31 years old he has broken the 46 year European scoring record
:14:14. > :14:20.held by Jimmy Greaves. He did it last night when rearm adrift the
:14:21. > :14:30.Celta Vigo. This was his 367th goal. -- real Madrid. He then got a
:14:31. > :14:34.second. 4-1 it finished. They will clinch the La Liga title with a draw
:14:35. > :14:45.at Malaga on Sunday. Barcelona, the nearest rivals, need to beat Eibar.
:14:46. > :14:47.The headlines in half an hour. We'll also be speaking to best treble ten
:14:48. > :14:51.o'clock. Thank you. Policies designed to
:14:52. > :14:53."confront the challenges of our time" - that's how
:14:54. > :14:55.the Conservatives are selling their manifesto,
:14:56. > :14:57.which sets out what they will do Theresa May says she will take "big
:14:58. > :15:01.and difficult" decisions, So, let's have a look
:15:02. > :15:05.at some of them. Up to ?300 in winter fuel payments
:15:06. > :15:08.will be lost by wealthy pensioners. More elderly people will have
:15:09. > :15:11.to pay for their care. But they won't have to sell
:15:12. > :15:14.their homes before they die, and can pass on at least ?100,000
:15:15. > :15:17.to their relatives. A new pledge to curb immigration,
:15:18. > :15:20.including a re-statement of the commitment to cut net
:15:21. > :15:25.migration to under 100,000 per year. And increasing school
:15:26. > :15:28.funding by ?4 billion, including a promise to scrap free
:15:29. > :15:32.school lunches for infants to pay for free breakfasts
:15:33. > :15:52.for all primary pupils. Norman Smith is waiting with more
:15:53. > :15:56.details. Here we are, blast off day for Theresa May's manifesto. This
:15:57. > :16:01.manifested junks key bits of the camera in years and takes on many of
:16:02. > :16:08.those groups and interests shielded in the Cameron years from the full
:16:09. > :16:12.force of posterity. Top of the pile, pensioners, who will use their
:16:13. > :16:17.winter fuel allowance. Better off pensioners will lose it. They will
:16:18. > :16:20.lose the triple lock on pensions and there will be no guarantee the state
:16:21. > :16:28.pension will increase by at least 2.5%. That is similarly with
:16:29. > :16:32.business. They will face more regulation, more bills, more red
:16:33. > :16:36.tape to enhance employee rights. Today they are getting another bill.
:16:37. > :16:42.If they want to take in migrant labour from outside the EU. The cost
:16:43. > :16:46.of that will double. The most contentious area centres on the huge
:16:47. > :16:50.issue of social care. For years politicians have been dodging it.
:16:51. > :16:55.Today, Theresa May tries to grapple with it. One almighty Barney has
:16:56. > :17:00.blown up over the Tory plans. What are they? Theresa May has junked
:17:01. > :17:04.David Cameron's pledge of a cap on the amount you would have debate
:17:05. > :17:11.before the state stepped in to paper your care costs. That was set at
:17:12. > :17:15.around ?72,000. She is suggesting a floor of ?100,000. What does that
:17:16. > :17:21.mean question that means you would have to pay everything until your
:17:22. > :17:26.assets came down to ?100,000. She says that is generous and you can
:17:27. > :17:31.pass on ?100,000 of your wealth to your children. Critics say, in the
:17:32. > :17:37.real world, it means most families who own a home will have to pay for
:17:38. > :17:45.all their care costs. An average house costs ?250,000. You would have
:17:46. > :17:49.to fund ten, 20, 30, 40, 50, right down to ?100,000 of that careful
:17:50. > :17:55.that many ordinary families would a bigger the drab. This morning Health
:17:56. > :17:58.Secretary Jeremy Hunt defended the plans on the grounds of
:17:59. > :18:02.intergenerational fairness. Why should younger taxpayers have to
:18:03. > :18:11.pick up the tab for older people in need of care? Have a listen. What we
:18:12. > :18:18.are saying is if you want everyone to have the security to pass on,
:18:19. > :18:23.that will cost around ?2 billion a year, so it is a significant amount.
:18:24. > :18:28.We are saying the fairway to pay for that is not through taxes that have
:18:29. > :18:33.to be paid by younger people often struggling to make ends meet, but by
:18:34. > :18:37.removing some of the entitlements for older people, better off
:18:38. > :18:42.pensioners who currently get the winter fuel allowance, who won't now
:18:43. > :18:45.get it under these proposals. But those same pensioners will have the
:18:46. > :18:48.security of knowing that whatever happens to them and their care
:18:49. > :18:53.costs, they will be able to pass a significant sum of money onto
:18:54. > :18:59.children and grandchildren. Massive pressure on the health service, what
:19:00. > :19:04.are you going to do about it and what will this manifesto offer? The
:19:05. > :19:11.NHS has done magnificently well in incredibly challenging
:19:12. > :19:15.circumstances. We recognise we need more doctors, more nursing and more
:19:16. > :19:20.funding. We will be increasing funding to the NHS beyond what we've
:19:21. > :19:25.currently committed to do. But other parties are promising to do that as
:19:26. > :19:30.well, and the choice is which party is most likely to be able to deliver
:19:31. > :19:36.on that promise to increase funding to the NHS. So more cash for the
:19:37. > :19:47.NHS. We know Labour are promising ?7 billion for the health service, the
:19:48. > :19:52.Liberal Democrats a similar sum. Puel wait see what the Tories are
:19:53. > :19:55.promising. Stepping into the ring is the man charged by the government
:19:56. > :19:59.for coming up with a strategy for solving social care and he
:20:00. > :20:04.originally said we need a cap, we need to cap people's costs so they
:20:05. > :20:10.don't face unlimited care charges. This morning he said he was
:20:11. > :20:13.disappointed by the Tory package. If you are somebody who at the moment
:20:14. > :20:16.is in a residential care home, so you have moved out of your own home
:20:17. > :20:19.and are being looked after in a residential facility, you will be
:20:20. > :20:22.able to keep more of your money than used to be the case. That was a
:20:23. > :20:27.crucial part of the recommendations that are commission made. They
:20:28. > :20:30.proposed increasing the threshold actually to ?125,000. But there is
:20:31. > :20:40.another group who will be made worse off, and those people are getting
:20:41. > :20:43.care in their own homes, because for the first time the value of their
:20:44. > :20:46.house is now going to be taken into account, so they would have to start
:20:47. > :20:48.paying in a way they haven't done so far. At the big problem is that
:20:49. > :20:51.although the government is saying what it would do is that everybody
:20:52. > :20:54.would be able to get support once they were down to their last
:20:55. > :20:56.?100,000, many people have much more than that, and face no way of
:20:57. > :20:59.controlling their care costs, which can run into many many hundreds of
:21:00. > :21:03.thousands of pounds each, so the lack of any form of pooling of risk
:21:04. > :21:07.of social insurance is a huge problem. It means still people will
:21:08. > :21:11.not be able to take control of this vital area of their lives. The
:21:12. > :21:15.winter fuel allowance at the moment costs about ?2.1 billion a year, so
:21:16. > :21:22.some fraction of that could be saved if it was to be taken away for
:21:23. > :21:26.better off pensioners was that my own sense is that pensioners are not
:21:27. > :21:31.opposed to some actions in the value of that, if what they were being
:21:32. > :21:34.offered in return was a deal that meant they could take control of
:21:35. > :21:38.their own lives. I don't think pensioners wanted more money, they
:21:39. > :21:41.wanted this terrible market failure solved. That has not been solved and
:21:42. > :21:43.I think some pensioners will be pretty cross that they are losing
:21:44. > :21:50.something without feeling they are getting much in return. So what we
:21:51. > :21:56.see this morning? We see the Theresa May basically going for it, this is
:21:57. > :22:05.Max made. And we are seeing a tilt the lower income groups and away
:22:06. > :22:12.from the, they lose winter fuel allowance, free school meals for
:22:13. > :22:15.that Hull their children, a move away from Middle England the
:22:16. > :22:17.ordinary working families. Thank you very much.
:22:18. > :22:20.With us now to discuss that, and more, is Ryan Gray,
:22:21. > :22:22.who works for a charity, previously voted Conservative,
:22:23. > :22:24.but may not this time around; Daniel Rushton,
:22:25. > :22:27.a former Labour and Ukip voter, who's going to vote Conservative;
:22:28. > :22:30.and Sean Worth, a former adviser to ex-Prime Minister, David Cameron,
:22:31. > :22:40.and the current Director of the Westminster Policy Institute.
:22:41. > :22:46.Good morning, welcome to all of you, thank you for joining us. First of
:22:47. > :22:51.all, Sean, a lot of focus on social capital stock who will Theresa May
:22:52. > :22:56.and the Conservative Party, it is not just about her, who will they be
:22:57. > :22:59.trying to appeal to? That particular policy I think will appeal to
:23:00. > :23:04.people's sense that the system is kind of being made fairer,
:23:05. > :23:07.generally. I don't think it will be terribly popular because it is quite
:23:08. > :23:12.a tough measure. Social care is incomplete crisis, has been for a
:23:13. > :23:16.long time, no politician has gripped it. This is an attempt to save his
:23:17. > :23:20.not fair for working age people to continue to pay more and more and
:23:21. > :23:24.more for the social care costs of a group of people who have become
:23:25. > :23:28.richer at least an assets terms progressively since the 1960s. So it
:23:29. > :23:32.is a technical policy. I think it is very fair and the right thing to do.
:23:33. > :23:36.I don't think it will be massively popular. But then remember that most
:23:37. > :23:39.pensioners tend to vote Conservative, so you are not taking
:23:40. > :23:43.a huge political risk in doing something like this. Daniel, you
:23:44. > :23:49.have moved from Labour to Ukip to the Conservatives. What about what
:23:50. > :23:52.you have heard so far in this manifesto would keep you voting
:23:53. > :23:56.Conservative this time? I don't think it is so much about what is
:23:57. > :24:01.just in the manifesto, I think it is the whole leadership issue for me as
:24:02. > :24:04.well. And I don't mean to steal the Theresa May's tag line but she seems
:24:05. > :24:08.to be the stronger and more stable of the choices at the moment. So
:24:09. > :24:11.what she has in the manifesto is issues to all of us, but I just
:24:12. > :24:14.believe Labour can deliver on anything they are promising, and I
:24:15. > :24:19.certainly wouldn't go down the Liberal Democrat route either. We
:24:20. > :24:23.have had a text message, saying regarding the social care social,
:24:24. > :24:30.those who have saved a small month old age get hit again. -- social
:24:31. > :24:34.care measures. Don't save, spend it instead, is that the message you
:24:35. > :24:38.would take away from it? I don't think the youth of today understand
:24:39. > :24:42.about saving anyway so that would fall on deaf ears. But I do think
:24:43. > :24:48.that is the case at all. Yes, you do still need to save and plan for your
:24:49. > :24:50.future and I think the idea that we can see until our retirement and
:24:51. > :24:54.hoped there would be something there would be naive anyway to not put
:24:55. > :24:59.away a nest egg for yourself and your family. So I think it is the
:25:00. > :25:02.right thing to do. Ryan, and you have been wavering about whether to
:25:03. > :25:08.vote Conservative this time, which way are you wearing the moment? For
:25:09. > :25:12.me, it is more a question of whether I vote Conservative or whether I
:25:13. > :25:16.spoil my ballot. I don't think Labour are in a credible position, I
:25:17. > :25:19.don't think the Lib Dems are, and Ukip and greens, I don't consider
:25:20. > :25:22.them a possibility of being in government so I feel it would be a
:25:23. > :25:28.first -- a waste of a vote for myself. So far what has come out the
:25:29. > :25:32.manifesto of what will come out, sorry, sounds quite promising.
:25:33. > :25:36.Intergenerational inequality is quite big on my agenda and I think
:25:37. > :25:41.it is something that successive governments have failed to tackle. I
:25:42. > :25:44.voted Conservative in 2015 and I was quite disappointed, that Osborne and
:25:45. > :25:48.Cameron, it was not on their agenda, it is something that has been in
:25:49. > :25:52.crisis for a long time and needs to be addressed. An e-mail from Daphne
:25:53. > :25:57.saying Sir Alan Sugar didn't need his winter fuel allowance and
:25:58. > :26:01.founder was no way to return May has made a brave decision, absolutely
:26:02. > :26:06.right. -- he found there was no way to return it. Mrs May has made a
:26:07. > :26:12.brave decision. You may have elderly relatives affected by this? In all
:26:13. > :26:16.honesty, I do know if my relatives will be affected. I can imagine it
:26:17. > :26:20.will be quite unpopular with some people, taking money away tends to
:26:21. > :26:23.be unpopular but what we have to acknowledge is that the gap between
:26:24. > :26:27.quite a lot of people now who are in work, who are in poverty. We have an
:26:28. > :26:32.issue with the triple lock on which I know the manifesto talks about
:26:33. > :26:36.making a double lock. And we need to address that in work and pensioners,
:26:37. > :26:40.how much each other getting. Because I remember reading about it that
:26:41. > :26:44.pensioners are doing better than people in work and I think that has
:26:45. > :26:47.to be addressed. How can I or another taxpayer be paying into a
:26:48. > :26:50.system where someone who is doing better than I am who is working and
:26:51. > :26:56.paying those taxes for that pension system to exist at the moment. Sean,
:26:57. > :26:59.in the past, the real fault line for the Conservatives has been Europe.
:27:00. > :27:06.We now know we have voted for Brexit and we are going to leave, whatever
:27:07. > :27:09.form that is in, so where are the new four lines? Might it be this
:27:10. > :27:12.sense of interventionism Theresa May is hinting at? I think the real
:27:13. > :27:15.issue for the Conservative Party, you are right, Europe has been a
:27:16. > :27:18.fault line for a long time and David Cameron brought it to a head with
:27:19. > :27:23.the referendum and that decision has been made to the public and they
:27:24. > :27:27.made a decision. Both your voters there are looking at this election,
:27:28. > :27:32.it reflects more broadly in the electorate as well, not necessarily
:27:33. > :27:35.about the technicalities of bits of policies and whether four lines are
:27:36. > :27:40.but leadership. The big fault line Theresa May has to cross, the big
:27:41. > :27:45.threshold is broadening the Conservative Party's appeal beyond,
:27:46. > :27:50.and this is a big player she is making today, beyond the core voters
:27:51. > :27:54.it has enjoyed for a long time. In areas in the north of England, among
:27:55. > :27:59.poorer income groups, the kinds of people who vote Conservative but not
:28:00. > :28:02.enough in those areas to return a government traditionally, return MPs
:28:03. > :28:07.in those areas traditionally, sorry. And the big test for her is can
:28:08. > :28:12.cheapish the Conservative Party appeal much more broadly than it has
:28:13. > :28:15.been so far? Because she has been accused of being rather presidential
:28:16. > :28:18.about it and it all coming from her. How much involvement will the wider
:28:19. > :28:22.Conservative Party have had in putting together this manifesto,
:28:23. > :28:26.given that she seems to play her cards quite close to her chest? I
:28:27. > :28:29.have been involved in manifestos in the past and I gather the process
:28:30. > :28:34.was similar in this one. There is input from others, from the Cabinet,
:28:35. > :28:38.from policy teams that are made up of MPs and then the party more
:28:39. > :28:41.broadly. So there is, but you are right that she takes what some
:28:42. > :28:45.people would call the presidential style, but the big player in this
:28:46. > :28:53.election is about her versus Jeremy Corbyn. You have seen this say by
:28:54. > :28:58.herself. Why not have a campaign run on that basis? But some of the
:28:59. > :29:02.policies that she seems to be likely to hear about could easily have come
:29:03. > :29:05.from labour, and Labour seem in some people's minds to have been more
:29:06. > :29:09.generous with what they are promising. The energy cap, that is
:29:10. > :29:13.exactly what Ed Miliband promise not so long ago. Has she no shame?
:29:14. > :29:19.LAUGHTER It is a good policy. Her fundamental
:29:20. > :29:23.position on questions like that is not that she is retreating from a
:29:24. > :29:27.belief in markets and competition and all of that that conservatives
:29:28. > :29:34.have offended over the years, but it is the proposal that does produce a
:29:35. > :29:38.good economy and choice of consumers, but if you have some
:29:39. > :29:41.companies getting too big that they can treat customers unfairly or
:29:42. > :29:45.whatever, that market is not working and that belief in markets, in
:29:46. > :29:48.competition and business effectively, will leach away and
:29:49. > :29:53.that is something you have got to protect by policing it a bit tougher
:29:54. > :29:56.in certain areas the stop you don't see her actually taking on a great
:29:57. > :30:00.deal of what Jeremy Corbyn is saying. Jeremy Corbyn's manifesto is
:30:01. > :30:04.genuinely massively radical compared to what we will probably see from
:30:05. > :30:07.the Conservatives today. I think her plans are pretty bold and they will
:30:08. > :30:11.have to be, to broaden her appeal, but they are not so radical that she
:30:12. > :30:21.is departing from core conservative values. Thank you all very much. We
:30:22. > :30:25.will of course find out much more about the manifesto at 11 o'clock.
:30:26. > :30:28.Just a reminder, we're going to be in Dunstable in Bedfordshire
:30:29. > :30:31.on Monday 29th May for a big election audience debate.
:30:32. > :30:34.If you've made up your mind already who you're going to vote for,
:30:35. > :30:37.still deciding or don't think you'll bother - and would like the chance
:30:38. > :30:40.to share your views and grill senior politicians on their policies -
:30:41. > :30:51.More details on our facebook and twitter pages.
:30:52. > :30:59.Still to come. A mother tells us her teenage daughter might still be
:31:00. > :31:06.alive if she had been vaccinated against meningitis W. Politicians
:31:07. > :31:12.fight it out in the ring, trying to score points from sceptical voters.
:31:13. > :31:16.Tuition fees are 9000 and rising, the health service is on its knees
:31:17. > :31:17.and the emergency services, ambulance, police and fire brigade
:31:18. > :31:22.have been cut to ribbons. Here's Anita in the BBC Newsroom
:31:23. > :31:35.with a summary of todays news. The Conservatives have an veiled
:31:36. > :31:44.plans that would see many more people in England pay the care in
:31:45. > :31:49.their own home. For the first time the value of a person's property
:31:50. > :31:52.over ?100,000 would be taken into account as to whether they would be
:31:53. > :31:58.eligible for free care if they continue living there. The Tory
:31:59. > :31:59.manifesto also includes to end a guarantee that the state pension
:32:00. > :32:06.will rise by at least 2.5% a year. A former head of the FBI,
:32:07. > :32:09.Robert Mueller, has been appointed to investigate allegations
:32:10. > :32:11.that Russia interfered Calls for an independent
:32:12. > :32:13.investigation have been growing since President Trump fired the FBI
:32:14. > :32:16.director James Comey. As part of the inquiry,
:32:17. > :32:18.Congress and the FBI links between Mr Trump's campaign
:32:19. > :32:23.team and the Russian regime. Many GP surgeries across the UK
:32:24. > :32:26.are on the "brink of collapse" because of underfunding
:32:27. > :32:27.and staff shortages, The Conservatives say there are more
:32:28. > :32:35.doctors, and they have increased funding to the NHS,
:32:36. > :32:37.but the head of the British Medical Association's GP committee warns
:32:38. > :32:57.a record number of practices Two of the UK's most popular snacks,
:32:58. > :33:03.Pringles and Lucozade, have been criticised by the industry as being
:33:04. > :33:06.almost impossible to recycle. Pringle said protect the crisps and
:33:07. > :33:10.saves waste while Lucozade save the company does care for the
:33:11. > :33:14.environment. The Commons were made as Prince Charles is about to launch
:33:15. > :33:15.a ?1.5 million prize for designs that are both effective and
:33:16. > :33:23.recyclable. A member of Japan's Royal
:33:24. > :33:25.family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status
:33:26. > :33:27.by marrying a former Princess Mako, who is the eldest
:33:28. > :33:31.granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, is getting engaged to 25-year-old
:33:32. > :33:33.law firm worker, Kei Komuro. Japan's imperial law requires
:33:34. > :33:36.a princess to leave the royal family The move is expected to re-ignite
:33:37. > :33:39.debate on royal succession, as the 83-year-old emperor
:33:40. > :33:48.is expected to abdicate soon. That's a summary of
:33:49. > :34:03.the latest BBC News. Huddersfield Town are one game away
:34:04. > :34:08.from promotion to the Premier League after a 1-1 draw with Sheffield
:34:09. > :34:13.Wednesday. They won on penalties last night to book a showdown with
:34:14. > :34:17.Reading. It is being labelled the ?200 million match. In the Premier
:34:18. > :34:20.League last night Southampton were left to rue missed chances. There
:34:21. > :34:26.was a dull goalless jaw with Manchester United. If United win
:34:27. > :34:32.their remaining games it would be their lowest tally of wins in a
:34:33. > :34:39.single season. The Chelsea winning run came to an end last night.
:34:40. > :34:43.Arsenal and a 2-2 draw. They are second, six of leaders Liverpool
:34:44. > :34:48.with a couple of games in hand. Kyle Edmond has followed Andy Marion
:34:49. > :34:59.making an early exit from the Rome Masters. -- Andy Murray. I will be
:35:00. > :35:02.back at ten o'clock when Beth treble joins us live.
:35:03. > :35:05.Lauren Sandell was just 18 years old when she died of Meningitis W
:35:06. > :35:11.She had just gone off to university and had no idea how ill she was -
:35:12. > :35:15.initially putting her symptoms down to stress or food poisoning.
:35:16. > :35:17.Lauren could have been saved by a simple vaccine,
:35:18. > :35:20.but although teenagers are untitled to get it, take up is very low
:35:21. > :35:27.In some areas, take-up is as low as ten percent.
:35:28. > :35:30.Let's speak now to Lauren's mother, Sharon Sandell.
:35:31. > :35:33.Also joining us is Claire Wright, who works in prevention at
:35:34. > :35:46.Good morning to both of you. I know it is very war for you is still so
:35:47. > :35:52.we are especially grateful that you have come to talk to us about it.
:35:53. > :35:56.Lauren just went off to university. When did you get an idea she was
:35:57. > :36:00.really poorly? On Thursday afternoon she said she had got stressed at
:36:01. > :36:04.university and given herself a really bad headache. She was on the
:36:05. > :36:08.phone to me and was quite stressed about university and whether she
:36:09. > :36:14.wanted to stay. I tried to calm her down and she said she felt sick.
:36:15. > :36:21.Afterwards, she said she thought she had given herself food poisoning. I
:36:22. > :36:26.text is heard to say, if you need anything, give me a call. She woke
:36:27. > :36:30.up saying she had a headache, a bit then a cake and backache. She had
:36:31. > :36:37.had a net cake twice in the summer, so I was not that concerned. -- neck
:36:38. > :36:41.ache. Her boyfriend was going to stay with her at uni that evening
:36:42. > :36:48.and she was cooking a meal. She did go to a pharmacy to try to get
:36:49. > :36:52.something stronger. She was with her boyfriend and I did not speak to her
:36:53. > :36:58.again until he phoned at four o'clock the next morning saying she
:36:59. > :37:08.was shaking. I thought her blood sugar levels might be low and the
:37:09. > :37:11.shaking said it could be -- and I researched shaking and it said it
:37:12. > :37:15.could be a side-effect of food poisoning. He said she was hot all
:37:16. > :37:20.over but nothing bad. About ten minutes later I called him again and
:37:21. > :37:26.he said, it she is OK, she stopped shaking. I never spoke to her again
:37:27. > :37:31.until one o'clock the next day. She said, we got up late, so we missed
:37:32. > :37:36.the train back home. The only thing she said on the Saturday was that
:37:37. > :37:40.her legs hurt. They travelled home and then when she got to Waterloo
:37:41. > :37:43.she said they were hungry and she was going to get something to eat
:37:44. > :37:48.and they would be home later. They were stuck on the tube. She was
:37:49. > :37:53.frustrated on the cheap. I ended up having to drive to get them. When I
:37:54. > :37:58.saw her, she just looked pale and tired and I knew she was really
:37:59. > :38:02.stressed about whether she wanted to stay at university. She came home,
:38:03. > :38:07.she went to the shop with my husband. She at half the dinner. All
:38:08. > :38:14.she said was about her legs. I ran her a bath. She was shaking again in
:38:15. > :38:19.the bathroom. I felt her leg and her head and it was cool. It was not
:38:20. > :38:22.hot, so I did not think she had a temperature. We spoke about
:38:23. > :38:25.university and it was going to be the first anniversary with her
:38:26. > :38:33.boyfriend in a couple of weeks' time she came down, watched the film and
:38:34. > :38:38.was ill. My husband told her to come up to get into bed with me. She was
:38:39. > :38:43.restless, went to the toilet, and said her eyes were a bit blurry.
:38:44. > :38:48.When I picked her up, I noticed that her hands and feet were really cold
:38:49. > :38:52.she had bad circulation so I was not massively alerted to that. She got
:38:53. > :38:58.back into bed and we were talking about moving to a London University.
:38:59. > :39:01.I was looking them up. Some of these symptoms you could pass off as
:39:02. > :39:08.belonging to a range of other diseases. What happened right in the
:39:09. > :39:12.end? I thought she was having a panic attack because her breathing
:39:13. > :39:16.got bad. I totally assumed she was so stressed about university that
:39:17. > :39:22.she was having a panic attack. My husband and my son left half an hour
:39:23. > :39:27.before she actually collapsed. That is what I thought I was dealing
:39:28. > :39:31.with. Her breathing got worse. You could be tribute these symptoms to a
:39:32. > :39:40.variety of different things, couldn't you? Stress in particular.
:39:41. > :39:45.Why is it that this group is so susceptible to Meningitis W and we
:39:46. > :39:49.do not know much about in the community? This particular strain of
:39:50. > :39:54.meningitis is particularly virulent. The symptoms are more subtle than
:39:55. > :40:00.other types of meningitis. That is why it is important for teenagers to
:40:01. > :40:03.be aware. That is why the meningitis foundation has put an eligibility
:40:04. > :40:07.check up online 90 people can go online and see if they are eligible
:40:08. > :40:12.for the vaccine could if they are, it tells them where to get it from.
:40:13. > :40:17.There has been a poor take-up in 17 to 20-year-olds from the GP. If any
:40:18. > :40:22.parents are out there with a 17 to 20-year-old they can go online, on
:40:23. > :40:27.the website, and see if that child is eligible for the vaccine. To make
:40:28. > :40:34.it more of a tragic story view, you had arranged for a vaccine for
:40:35. > :40:36.Lauren, haven't you? I went to the doctor myself on the Tuesday of the
:40:37. > :40:43.week Lauren went to university. I mentioned that my daughter was going
:40:44. > :40:46.to university on the Sunday that she had meningitis. She said they were
:40:47. > :40:50.snogging each other and they are calling it the kissing flu. I said,
:40:51. > :40:57.Lauren has a boyfriend that she won't be doing. She is in now. She
:40:58. > :41:04.said, I only have five and they were allocated. They did not have a jab
:41:05. > :41:08.for her. We have had a statement from the Royal College of GPs. They
:41:09. > :41:11.say it is quite confusing picture about who is eligible. Different
:41:12. > :41:15.rules and different sponsor Bluetooth applied for vaccinating
:41:16. > :41:20.different age groups. They do recognise there is a need for a long
:41:21. > :41:25.running, high profile campaign, so we all know what to look for to
:41:26. > :41:30.increase awareness. When will that happen? It is happening now. We have
:41:31. > :41:40.our eligibility check up online. This is a programme that has been
:41:41. > :41:45.ongoing over time. Just to emphasise, you have a 14 to
:41:46. > :41:50.20-year-old. Some younger age groups are being immunised at school. The
:41:51. > :41:56.17 to 20-year-olds will be immunised to reduce peak of that there has
:41:57. > :42:03.been a lower uptake. One third of those eligible have taken up. If you
:42:04. > :42:08.are a parent please go online and check eligibility. How available
:42:09. > :42:14.will the vaccine be at your GP surgery? Sharon tried to get it for
:42:15. > :42:19.Lauren and I only had five. Vaccine should be available. If your GP says
:42:20. > :42:23.there is a problem, do not take that for an answer. Just persist. You can
:42:24. > :42:27.come to the website or call the helpline for assistance if you're
:42:28. > :42:30.having trouble. Parents in your position want to do something
:42:31. > :42:39.useful, don't they question right you being here today is all about
:42:40. > :42:42.you wanting to raise awareness. How else are you trying to do that to
:42:43. > :42:44.get the message out? I did a video, a presentation in sixth form
:42:45. > :42:49.assembly at Lauren's school. They made a video and went out to all the
:42:50. > :42:52.schools. I just feel it is imperative we let parents know and
:42:53. > :42:58.give them the chance to get their child in collated. I think it has
:42:59. > :43:03.just been so shocking there were so many of us who did nothing about it
:43:04. > :43:08.and there was not a danger to the children. Your organisation will
:43:09. > :43:12.have lots of information. How can people get more details about the
:43:13. > :43:18.disease and how to prevent it? Just go online to the website. Just
:43:19. > :43:23.quickly tell us what Lauren was like. An amazing girl. She had a
:43:24. > :43:31.real spirit full really hard-working. She loved football and
:43:32. > :43:37.running. Running was her passion. She was a really wonderful girl.
:43:38. > :43:41.Thank you very much for coming in and talking to us today.
:43:42. > :43:51.The double Olympic champion Nicola Adams is with us this morning -
:43:52. > :43:53.to talk about about turning professional - getting engaged
:43:54. > :43:55.to fellow top boxer Marlen Esparza and about her life growing
:43:56. > :43:59.Do get in touch if there's a question you'd like answered.
:44:00. > :44:01.Use the hashtag Victoria LIVE and If you text,
:44:02. > :44:09.you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.
:44:10. > :44:16.Next, the controversy over the Russia connection. Now a former FBI
:44:17. > :44:18.boss has been brought in to oversee the inquiry into alleged Russian
:44:19. > :44:25.meddling in the US presidential election. A top lawyer has a long
:44:26. > :44:28.history with investigations and prosecutions for that he had just
:44:29. > :44:39.taken over charge of the FBI when hijacked planes were blown into New
:44:40. > :44:46.York and Washington. He was also James Comey's predecessor. He is
:44:47. > :44:50.widely seen as a safe, independent pair of and respected by Democrats
:44:51. > :44:55.and Republicans. Let's get some reaction
:44:56. > :44:59.a Republican journalist and broadcaster.
:45:00. > :45:08.thank you for joining us. How much of a surprise or shop is this going
:45:09. > :45:13.to have been to the White House? I think probably the White House was
:45:14. > :45:17.caught a bit unawares. Actually, I have to think they had been
:45:18. > :45:22.expecting it. They have been the target pretty hard. The president
:45:23. > :45:28.has been facing a number of forces. He has had the media that has been
:45:29. > :45:33.against him, excepting a lot of leaks from deep state, where these
:45:34. > :45:38.are unelected bureaucrats, that our intelligence that have been
:45:39. > :45:42.presented to them these anonymous sourced pieces of information. I
:45:43. > :45:47.think he has been expecting it was you talked about the former director
:45:48. > :45:55.of the FBI, mother, he is a decent guy. The military Marine. He served
:45:56. > :45:58.a couple of presidents on both the Democrats and Republicans side. I do
:45:59. > :46:07.not think he is worried. There are no charges are. What is so
:46:08. > :46:14.interesting about this is it is an open investigation. Some people
:46:15. > :46:16.would say, oh, my gosh! They will be on a fishing expedition. You never
:46:17. > :46:21.know what they will come up with. What a lot of people are concerned
:46:22. > :46:27.about on the Democratic side of the aisle is, who might be affected?
:46:28. > :46:31.Will it be Hillary Clinton, the former Attorney General, Loretta
:46:32. > :46:35.Lynch? Will you see the issue of the 30,000 e-mails of the classified
:46:36. > :46:43.documents? Will they be brought up? They have nothing right now to
:46:44. > :46:48.really conflict. In our country you are innocent until proven guilty.
:46:49. > :46:55.How it works with an impeachment has to go through the house and then be
:46:56. > :46:59.House has to represented to the Senate. The house is controlled by
:47:00. > :47:02.the Republican Party and so is the Senate. I do not think it will go
:47:03. > :47:11.anywhere. I think it will be good to clear it up. Either good guy.
:47:12. > :47:16.Indeed, it is a very high bar to cross, but from the reports we get
:47:17. > :47:19.this now morning in Britain, I disagree, and suggest that if the
:47:20. > :47:25.Trump campaign was in contact with Moscow in anyway, if President Trump
:47:26. > :47:31.said he wanted this investigation to stop, that will raise eyebrows
:47:32. > :47:34.certainly. Eyebrows are one thing you are going to raise eyebrows in
:47:35. > :47:39.Washington the matter what you do. No matter the old line, about a
:47:40. > :47:43.friend in Washington is one that stabs you in the heart are not the
:47:44. > :47:47.back. It is a tough town. So eyebrows are raised over time. He
:47:48. > :47:53.has not at this point, and both sides will agree to it. I think the
:47:54. > :47:57.most amazing statement I heard yesterday was from a friend of mine,
:47:58. > :48:01.a former Democratic member of Congress by the name of Dennis
:48:02. > :48:06.Kucinich, who is extremely worried that he believes that the deep state
:48:07. > :48:09.right now, meaning the intelligence community, is posing a clear and
:48:10. > :48:14.present danger to the Republic of the United States, because basically
:48:15. > :48:19.they are manipulating the scene and providing information to the fourth
:48:20. > :48:24.estate, meaning the press, and trying to influence the public. Now
:48:25. > :48:33.here's the thing that Dennis Kucinich said and also several
:48:34. > :48:37.republic -- several Republicans, it will backfire, even if you like or
:48:38. > :48:41.dislike come, it will create a martyr. The fact of the matter is
:48:42. > :48:46.yesterday I was with a lot of activists, talking about grassroot
:48:47. > :48:54.Republicans, and they are very unhappy, very mistrustful of the
:48:55. > :48:58.media, and they are just shutting off the mainstream press. So I think
:48:59. > :49:03.it is a bigger problem than just trying to get rid of Trump. Who gets
:49:04. > :49:07.hurt in this? Does the public get hurt, do we have another arm of the
:49:08. > :49:10.government trying to control the American people, meaning the
:49:11. > :49:15.intelligence community, that think if you don't do it our way, you are
:49:16. > :49:20.out, we will fix it so you are gone? And what happens to the media? We
:49:21. > :49:23.need to have a free press in our country, I know you do in the UK,
:49:24. > :49:27.and the fact of the matter is when that is compromised it really
:49:28. > :49:31.affects our free society. And I think many people are worried about
:49:32. > :49:34.that. Another way of looking at it might be that the security services
:49:35. > :49:40.are trying to uphold the rule of law. Blanquita, just one final quick
:49:41. > :49:44.question to you if you were just very briefly. How much unease and
:49:45. > :49:50.impatience is there with President Trump within the Republican party?
:49:51. > :49:55.It depends, remember it is not just one linear thought. Within the
:49:56. > :50:02.establishment, the ones that like things nice and safe, there is a bit
:50:03. > :50:04.of concern about it, but those who understand the American people
:50:05. > :50:07.elected him because they really did want to change the way Washington
:50:08. > :50:10.does business, because a lot of people believe that people get
:50:11. > :50:16.elected and they forget who hired them. They talk about the forgotten
:50:17. > :50:19.man, the forgotten woman, who is out there struggling right now, trying
:50:20. > :50:23.to get jobs and work and worried about their security, those
:50:24. > :50:31.Republican elected officials are very much behind President Trump.
:50:32. > :50:34.Blanquita with thank you very much. Republican broadcaster and
:50:35. > :50:38.journalist, Blanquita Kalam. Keep the questions coming in the Nicola
:50:39. > :50:40.Adams, we are talking to her after ten.
:50:41. > :50:42.But not content with leaving the boxing to Nicola,
:50:43. > :50:45.we thought we'd get the politicians involved, as where better to let
:50:46. > :50:48.them fight it out in front of voters than in a ring?
:50:49. > :50:50.Watch how four of the parties landed their punches,
:50:51. > :51:01.The countdown to election day is underway.
:51:02. > :51:03.With just weeks to go, parliamentary candidates
:51:04. > :51:06.are fighting to convince undecided voters their party has what it takes
:51:07. > :51:13.I'm fighting for the Labour Party to persuade people to vote Labour.
:51:14. > :51:20.Because it would be, in my view, better for the country than letting
:51:21. > :51:22.the Conservatives carry on with the policies they've been
:51:23. > :51:26.Economic stability, no matter what any of the other parties
:51:27. > :51:29.tell you, is all fantasy, because they have no idea
:51:30. > :51:38.You can say you will spend money in the NHS and education.
:51:39. > :51:40.If you crush the economy, it simply won't happen.
:51:41. > :51:43.That referendum was built on lies and deceit, and although some people
:51:44. > :51:45.knew what they were voting for, some didn't.
:51:46. > :51:48.I'm fighting to try and get a different voice into the houses
:51:49. > :51:52.of parliament, to hold the current government to account on Brexit,
:51:53. > :51:55.and to get some different thinking and not just have the main three
:51:56. > :51:56.parties dominating politics on every single issue.
:51:57. > :52:01.Since being crowned heavyweight champion of the world,
:52:02. > :52:04.Anthony Joshua has become the global face of boxing, and the popularity
:52:05. > :52:08.So we brought together four parliamentary candidates to throw
:52:09. > :52:16.Watching them is an expert, and two undecided voters,
:52:17. > :52:18.Ishmael and Natalie, who say they still don't know
:52:19. > :52:23.If they want my vote, they need to get in the ring,
:52:24. > :52:26.talk the talk and let me see, OK, I'm going to vote for you.
:52:27. > :52:29.We're used to politicians running round in circles and telling lies,
:52:30. > :52:31.so we want to actually see politicians stand for something
:52:32. > :52:34.today and say what they want to say in order to win our votes.
:52:35. > :52:38.The majority of the candidates have no experience inside a ring,
:52:39. > :52:41.but the opportunity to show that politicians can pack a punch was one
:52:42. > :52:50.In the red corner, hoping to land a punch for his party, is the former
:52:51. > :52:59.Labour MP and government minister, Jim Fitzpatrick.
:53:00. > :53:01.For Ukip, it's Daniel Woolf, who is on a mission
:53:02. > :53:04.to prove his party is still an electoral real force.
:53:05. > :53:06.In the blue corner is Shaun Bailey, former Downing Street
:53:07. > :53:10.And on a campaign to overturn the status quo
:53:11. > :53:17.for the Liberal Democrats, it's Keith Angus.
:53:18. > :53:20.With the big majority Theresa May has got in Parliament,
:53:21. > :53:22.and the big majority for triggering Article 50, why did
:53:23. > :53:28.Because the British people want a chance to express their views
:53:29. > :53:34.Now they've got another chance now, shall get a big majority to get
:53:35. > :53:37.Now they've got another chance now, she'll get a big majority to get
:53:38. > :53:38.through what she needs to get done...
:53:39. > :53:41.We'll have another election next year.
:53:42. > :53:45.With the state of the economy, and Corbyn having absolutely no
:53:46. > :53:47.plans how to run our finances, how do you expect to support
:53:48. > :53:53.Theresa May, you know she's calling this election to try and gain more
:53:54. > :53:56.power and to try and bring Brexit through, but she's a Remain MP.
:53:57. > :53:58.She said she was and you can't just change your spots
:53:59. > :54:03.If she wants to give people a say, why isn't
:54:04. > :54:05.she going to give them a say
:54:06. > :54:10.Because she gave them a say in the referendum and they know
:54:11. > :54:13.So they're going to vote for a hard divisive Brexit?
:54:14. > :54:17.Let's remind everyone how we got to the referendum.
:54:18. > :54:20.It was our party who pushed for the referendum and we wouldn't
:54:21. > :54:24.be in this situation at all if it wasn't for the courage of our party
:54:25. > :54:29.Most people say the referendum was last year, they want to know why
:54:30. > :54:31.?3 billion has been wiped off the education budget,
:54:32. > :54:34.why has the health service on its knees, why have we lost
:54:35. > :54:37.What are you offering the British people domestically?
:54:38. > :54:38.Forget Brexit, that's done and dusted.
:54:39. > :54:42.All of Labour's plans for the public services are a fantasy.
:54:43. > :54:49.How are you supporting young people by increasing tuition fees?
:54:50. > :54:56.1.8 million children go to a better school than under
:54:57. > :54:59.It was the Labour government who introduced tuition fees.
:55:00. > :55:01.?3 billion have been wiped off the education budget,
:55:02. > :55:05.schools across the country are losing money.
:55:06. > :55:08.Why are you destroying young people's future by pulling us out
:55:09. > :55:11.With the hardest most divisive form of Brexit?
:55:12. > :55:13.There is no such thing as a hard Brexit.
:55:14. > :55:16.There is no such thing as a hard Brexit?
:55:17. > :55:20.So why was it bandied around by the Prime Minister herself?
:55:21. > :55:23.It was never bandied around by the Prime Minister.
:55:24. > :55:25.And for Ukip, the most irrelevant political party
:55:26. > :55:29.in the history of everything, to say that is incredible.
:55:30. > :55:34.If we didn't exist, we would not be having that referendum.
:55:35. > :55:37.You might turn around and say Ukip doesn't have a mandate any more
:55:38. > :55:40.but I'll turn around and say this, until the ink is dry on the paper,
:55:41. > :55:43.until we are actually out of the European Union,
:55:44. > :55:46.we need to have people holding the government to account.
:55:47. > :55:50.People want to know what is going to happen to their public services.
:55:51. > :55:56.Ukip voters have a choice of supporting more cuts to public
:55:57. > :55:58.services or supporting the protection of public services.
:55:59. > :56:06.What about Corbyn and the droves of Labour supporters
:56:07. > :56:09.who are on the fence and sayin to know what, I might vote Ukip
:56:10. > :56:12.because it is a party for working people who can't vote Conservative.
:56:13. > :56:15.Do you think young kids care about this stuff?
:56:16. > :56:17.Yes, they do because it's the services that young
:56:18. > :56:19.people will be working for and that serve them.
:56:20. > :56:21.Do you think they care about their future or a home
:56:22. > :56:30.Both you guys in this room now, you made a massive U-turn.
:56:31. > :56:33.You said you weren't going to raise tuition fees and you did.
:56:34. > :56:35.I had to pay ?9,000, right, to go to university.
:56:36. > :56:40.The students that I educated have to pay ?30,000.
:56:41. > :56:45.They don't have to pay a penny until they earn 21K.
:56:46. > :56:47.If you want to get doctors and nurses into the NHS,
:56:48. > :56:51.if you want to train home grown talent...
:56:52. > :56:53.Maybe welcome them from the European Union instead of telling
:56:54. > :56:58.Recruitment is in a crisis in the NHS because EU workers
:56:59. > :57:06.We should not be poaching talent from other countries.
:57:07. > :57:09.We should be growing our own before taking it from other
:57:10. > :57:13.Seven years you've been in power, seven years, and the health service
:57:14. > :57:18.is in crisis every single year since you'd been in power.
:57:19. > :57:21.The last Labour government left power, you left a note telling
:57:22. > :57:23.the country that you had spent all the money and
:57:24. > :57:27.You're punching harder, you're punching harder, pack it in,
:57:28. > :57:36.Do you realise you're punching harder?
:57:37. > :57:38.Because of your industrial policy, your economic policies fantasy
:57:39. > :57:41.figures that will drive us into the ground and it doesn't
:57:42. > :57:44.matter what you want, you cannot pay for it if you don't
:57:45. > :57:57.So you can't answer the question, Sean, after seven years in power,
:57:58. > :57:59.there are ?3 billion, ?3 billion coming out
:58:00. > :58:01.of education, tuition fees are at 9000 and rising...
:58:02. > :58:04.The health services on its knees and the emergency services,
:58:05. > :58:09.ambulance , police and fire brigade have been cut to ribbons.
:58:10. > :58:13.The candidates have had their say, but it's not about them.
:58:14. > :58:15.It's about voters like Natalie and Ishmael who have yet
:58:16. > :58:19.I do feel like politicians are perceived to be quite rigid
:58:20. > :58:22.and quite formal but I feel this discussion was really open and it
:58:23. > :58:25.did have a lot of opinions there so that was interesting to see
:58:26. > :58:27.them going head-to-head and fighting for our vote.
:58:28. > :58:30.Seeing them in the ring individually, literally fighting it
:58:31. > :58:32.out for the own policies and what they believe
:58:33. > :58:34.in and what they think they can bring to the party,
:58:35. > :58:38.and why I should vote for them, I think it made it more accessible.
:58:39. > :58:40.So why do so many people across the country feel
:58:41. > :58:45.Rachel Farrington runs a website encouraging young people to vote.
:58:46. > :58:49.Even if you don't agree with any of the parties,
:58:50. > :58:51.you should still go out and spoil your ballot blank vote
:58:52. > :58:55.and it shows you are engaged and you're there for your vote to be
:58:56. > :59:02.won but politicians just have to change a little to win it.
:59:03. > :59:06.If you stay at home, you just become another figure.
:59:07. > :59:09.If these four can agree on anything, it's this, it is your choice
:59:10. > :59:13.But just remember, if you're not registered by May
:59:14. > :59:29.timid, some of those punches, but it is hard to talk and Fox, I suppose.
:59:30. > :59:31.Noel Phillips reporting and you can share that film
:59:32. > :59:33.from our programme page - bbc.co.uk/victoria
:59:34. > :59:39.Coming up, Nicola Adams will be with us just after ten. She will be
:59:40. > :59:44.taking your questions and talking about turning pro, and life outside
:59:45. > :59:45.boxing. See you in a minute. Now the latest weather update with Simon
:59:46. > :59:52.King. I know many of us needed the rain
:59:53. > :59:56.but yesterday was a wash-out for most of us, a really miserable day.
:59:57. > :59:59.Today, thankfully, much improved. This is the recent satellite
:00:00. > :00:04.picture, lots of sunshine through this morning and we will continue to
:00:05. > :00:07.see that most of us into the afternoon. There will just be a
:00:08. > :00:11.fuchsia was starting to develop. They will be heaviest across
:00:12. > :00:14.Scotland and west in Northern Ireland, there could be the odd
:00:15. > :00:24.rumble of thunder here later this afternoon. For most, really, a dry
:00:25. > :00:26.day. Sunshine continuing, temperatures 15 to 20 Celsius,
:00:27. > :00:29.feeling fresher than it has done compare the recent days in the
:00:30. > :00:33.south-east. Overnight tonight, more rain coming in across the south-east
:00:34. > :00:36.of England, East Anglia, some really intense rainfall for a time
:00:37. > :00:42.overnight tonight. Some of that extending its way a bit further
:00:43. > :00:46.westwards. There could be a touch of frost westward. During Friday, the
:00:47. > :00:49.rain will continue to move its way northward, eventually coming out
:00:50. > :00:53.into the East of Scotland. Elsewhere, some sunnier spells and
:00:54. > :00:58.showers. Top temptress tomorrow about 11 to 15.
:00:59. > :01:07.The Conservatives are launching their general election manifesto
:01:08. > :01:10.with a pledge that nobody will have to sell their property
:01:11. > :01:13.in their lifetime to fund their care but the cost will be recouped
:01:14. > :01:16.when they die the party insist the policy is not a death tax.
:01:17. > :01:19.Everyone will have the security of knowing they can pass on ?100,000 to
:01:20. > :01:32.Another group will be made worse off than they are people getting care in
:01:33. > :01:33.the own homes. The first time the value of their house will be taken
:01:34. > :01:36.account. We'll be talking to a health think
:01:37. > :01:40.tank to see what the proposals Double Olympic champion Nicola Adams
:01:41. > :01:53.has turned professional and wants She wants to make women's Inc as big
:01:54. > :01:55.as men's will also be talking about her plans to get married and life in
:01:56. > :02:04.Leeds. It's estimated the Syria war has
:02:05. > :02:06.claimed 450,000 lives. Tomorrow, the world's biggest centre
:02:07. > :02:08.for children who have lost their parents in the conflict
:02:09. > :02:11.will be opening in Turkey. We'll be speaking to
:02:12. > :02:13.the people who set it up. Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom
:02:14. > :02:24.with a summary of today's news. The Conservatives have unveiled
:02:25. > :02:27.plans that would see many more people in England pay for care in
:02:28. > :02:31.their own home. They are promising though one would be forced to sell
:02:32. > :02:37.their home in order to meet the cost of care. For the first time, the
:02:38. > :02:41.value of a person's property, more than ?100,000, would be taken into
:02:42. > :02:45.account in assessing whether they are eligible for free care if they
:02:46. > :02:49.remain living there. The Tory manifesto also proposes to introduce
:02:50. > :02:54.means testing for winter fuel pavements and end a guarantee that
:02:55. > :02:59.the pension will rise by 2.5% every year. Robert Miller has been
:03:00. > :03:07.Former head of the FBI, Robert Mueller, has been appointed
:03:08. > :03:09.to investigate allegations that Russia interfered
:03:10. > :03:12.Calls for an independent investigation have been growing
:03:13. > :03:14.since President Trump fired the FBI director James Comey.
:03:15. > :03:17.As part of the inquiry Congress and the FBI will look into potential
:03:18. > :03:19.links between Mr Trump's campaign team and the Russian regime
:03:20. > :03:23.Many GP surgeries across the UK are on the "brink of collapse"
:03:24. > :03:25.because of underfunding and staff shortages, according
:03:26. > :03:30.doctors and they have increased funding to the NHS,
:03:31. > :03:32.but the head of the British Medical Association's GP committee warns
:03:33. > :03:37.a record number of practices are being forced to close.
:03:38. > :03:39.US musician Chris Cornell has died aged 52.
:03:40. > :03:42.The singer who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden
:03:43. > :03:49.and later Audioslave died on yesterday in Detroit.
:03:50. > :04:01.he had been touring with Soundgarden when he died suddenly yesterday.
:04:02. > :04:04.Two of the UK's most popular products, Pringles and Lucozade,
:04:05. > :04:06.have been named and shamed by the Recycling Association
:04:07. > :04:09.It says the packaging for the products contains too many
:04:10. > :04:13.Pringles says it protects the crisps and saves waste.
:04:14. > :04:15.While Lucozade says the firm does care for the environment.
:04:16. > :04:18.The comments were made as Prince Charles is about to launch
:04:19. > :04:20.a ?1.5 million prize for designs that are both effective
:04:21. > :04:28.That is a summary of the latest BBC News.
:04:29. > :04:37.Dig into touch about anything we have been discussing this morning.
:04:38. > :04:46.-- do get in touch. LIVE and If you text,
:04:47. > :04:49.you will be charged Here's some sport
:04:50. > :05:03.now with Will Perry. The triple world champion Beth
:05:04. > :05:08.twiddle has become the newest member on the board of switch the
:05:09. > :05:15.enterprise. It focuses on athlete transition. It works with Premier
:05:16. > :05:23.League football clubs and rugby clubs. Tell us specifically what
:05:24. > :05:26.switch the play does? We are trying to help athletes have a smooth
:05:27. > :05:31.transition. It can be quite daunting when you come to the end of your
:05:32. > :05:35.career. Sometimes it is planned and sometimes not. You'd think, what
:05:36. > :05:40.will I do with my life question I want to be able to give that person,
:05:41. > :05:46.I have been through it and know how you are feeling, give that personal
:05:47. > :05:50.touch. I am joining a former England international rugby player who has
:05:51. > :05:54.been through it as well. Hopefully we can help athletes who have been
:05:55. > :06:00.through it. After watching you win the medals, it seems you have been
:06:01. > :06:05.through so much. How hard was the transition? I did find it hard. Now
:06:06. > :06:09.I think I found it harder than I realised. There are things going on
:06:10. > :06:15.in the background put up my parents were keen on me keeping my education
:06:16. > :06:19.up. When I finished my final bar routine in London 2012, everyone
:06:20. > :06:23.knew around me, they knew it was my last competition. For me, I was back
:06:24. > :06:30.in the gym training for another year. I did not know what to do. To
:06:31. > :06:36.take that away from me was quite daunting, quite an anxious time.
:06:37. > :06:42.Even though I had other things that up. Also, given how much athlete
:06:43. > :06:48.welfare, mental health issues, duty of care is an issue right now,
:06:49. > :06:52.topically, this is crucial. It is. It is helping athletes think,
:06:53. > :06:56.actually you can start thinking about it while you're still playing
:06:57. > :07:01.and competing for the 10% of your downtime but it could be thinking
:07:02. > :07:04.about what courses you could do. I did a course in sports massage and
:07:05. > :07:08.thought it could be something I could go into. And I did it I
:07:09. > :07:14.realised I did not want to do that every day that at getting work
:07:15. > :07:17.experience and volunteering in different companies thinking, is
:07:18. > :07:22.something I would like to go into once I retire? Looking at an Olympic
:07:23. > :07:26.medal or Premier League medal or premiership rugby medal, that is
:07:27. > :07:31.currency in terms of building peoples brands and lives posed
:07:32. > :07:36.sport. It is. Gymnastics taught me more than winning medals. It taught
:07:37. > :07:42.me a whole range of life skills. I thought I had nothing to put on my
:07:43. > :07:46.CV. My dad told me I had so much to put on my CV for things like the
:07:47. > :07:52.zillions, perseverance, determination. All of that is what
:07:53. > :07:57.an employer would look at. When you look at some athletes now, you have
:07:58. > :08:02.the Aaron Lennon story with mental health issues. You look at the likes
:08:03. > :08:06.of Paul Gascoigne and Ricky Hatton. High-profile athletes struggling
:08:07. > :08:12.with issues. Had they had something like this in place, do you think
:08:13. > :08:16.this would not have happened? For me, there was that support around in
:08:17. > :08:21.British gymnastics. There is support that and it is raising awareness to
:08:22. > :08:25.athletes that support network is there. Find out about it and start
:08:26. > :08:29.talking about it. It is not something you need to think, I
:08:30. > :08:33.cannot think about this until I retire. Some athletes worry if they
:08:34. > :08:37.think about it they will lose focus with what they are doing at that
:08:38. > :08:42.current moment in their sport. It is saying to them, it is never too
:08:43. > :08:49.early to think about it, temp ascent of your downtime, and have a go at
:08:50. > :08:53.it. Martine, and Olympic medallist but the newest member on the board
:08:54. > :08:57.of switch the play. In just over an hour's time
:08:58. > :08:59.the Conservatives will pledge to "confront the challenges
:09:00. > :09:01.of our time" with a manifesto of what they'll do
:09:02. > :09:04.if they re-elected in June. Theresa May says she will take "big
:09:05. > :09:06.and difficult" decisions So let's have a look
:09:07. > :09:14.at some of them. Up to ?300 in winter fuel payments
:09:15. > :09:19.will be lost by wealthy pensioners. More elderly people will have to pay
:09:20. > :09:24.for their care. They will not have to sell their homes before they die
:09:25. > :09:27.and they can pass on at least ?100,000 to their relatives. A new
:09:28. > :09:31.pledge to curb immigration, including a restatement of the
:09:32. > :09:36.commitment to cut net immigration to under 100,000 a year. And increasing
:09:37. > :09:40.school funding by ?4 billion, including a promise to scrap free
:09:41. > :09:45.school lunches for infants to pay for free breakfasts for all primary
:09:46. > :09:52.pupils. Let's get more from Norman Smith. Not long to wait. Almost
:09:53. > :09:58.there. We have an insight into the nuts and bolts of this manifesto. It
:09:59. > :10:02.represents a clear break with the camera in years with Mrs May taking
:10:03. > :10:08.on some of the issues, some of the sections of society who are shielded
:10:09. > :10:20.by Mr Cameron from the full blast of posterity. Pensioners lose. The
:10:21. > :10:26.winter -- austerity. Business takes another hit. They will have to pay
:10:27. > :10:30.more if they want to bring in migrants from outside of the EU.
:10:31. > :10:34.Social care is where the real argy-bargy is this morning that Mrs
:10:35. > :10:42.May's unit tried to personas of their big idea. They have scrapped
:10:43. > :10:47.Mr Cameron's pledge to scrap the cap on the maximum amount of care you
:10:48. > :10:51.have to pay. They have put in a floor, below which you will get some
:10:52. > :10:56.state support for that if you spend all your assets down to ?100,000,
:10:57. > :11:01.you will get state support. Critics are saying, good for lower income
:11:02. > :11:05.families and no help for many middle-class families who have a
:11:06. > :11:10.house. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said it was all about
:11:11. > :11:14.intergenerational fairness. Why should younger taxpayers have to
:11:15. > :11:22.bail out old people to pay for their care costs?
:11:23. > :11:34.If we want everyone to have security --
:11:35. > :11:37.What we are saying is if we want everyone to have the security
:11:38. > :11:40.of knowing that they can pass on whatever their care costs are,
:11:41. > :11:42.?100 those to their children and grandchildren, that will cost
:11:43. > :11:44.around ?2 billion a year so it's a significant amount.
:11:45. > :11:48.But we are saying that the fair way to pay for that is not through taxes
:11:49. > :11:51.that have to be paid by younger people, often struggling to make
:11:52. > :11:54.ends meet, but by removing some entitlements for older people,
:11:55. > :11:56.better off pensioners who currently get the winter fuel allowance
:11:57. > :11:59.who won't now get it under these proposals but those same pensioners
:12:00. > :12:02.will have that security of knowing that whatever happens to them
:12:03. > :12:04.and their care costs, they'll be able to pass
:12:05. > :12:06.a significant amount of money on to their children
:12:07. > :12:09.Massive pressure on the Health Service A departments,
:12:10. > :12:12.what are you going to do about it and what is this
:12:13. > :12:15.Well, the NHS has done magnificently well in incredibly challenging
:12:16. > :12:19.We recognise that we need more doctors, nurses and funding.
:12:20. > :12:23.We will be increasing funding to the NHS beyond what we've
:12:24. > :12:29.But other parties are promising to do that as well.
:12:30. > :12:33.The choice is, which party is most likely to be able to deliver on that
:12:34. > :12:42.promise to increase funding to the NHS.
:12:43. > :12:48.we will find out surely whether the Tories will match the commitments
:12:49. > :12:52.made by Labour and the NHS to plough an extra 7 billion into the health
:12:53. > :12:58.service. The main rumpus this morning is over social care. Into
:12:59. > :13:02.the phrase steps Andrew Dill Mott. He was charged by the Government to
:13:03. > :13:09.come up with a master plan for social care. He suggested we needed
:13:10. > :13:14.a cap. David Cameron picked up his idea which has been chucked away by
:13:15. > :13:16.Theresa May. This morning he was not impressed by her plans for social
:13:17. > :13:18.care. If you're somebody at the moment
:13:19. > :13:21.who is in a residential care home, so have moved out of the your own
:13:22. > :13:25.home and have been moved to a residential facility,
:13:26. > :13:27.you'll be able to keep more That was a crucial part
:13:28. > :13:31.of the recommendations Actually it proposed increasing
:13:32. > :13:34.the threshold to ?125,000. There's another group
:13:35. > :13:35.who'll be made worse off, those are people who at the moment
:13:36. > :13:39.are getting care in their own homes because for the first time the value
:13:40. > :13:42.of their own house will be taken into account so they'll have
:13:43. > :13:45.to start paying in a way The big problem is that
:13:46. > :13:49.although what the Government is saying it would do is to say
:13:50. > :13:53.everybody would be able to get support once they were down
:13:54. > :13:55.to their lost ?100,000, many people have much more
:13:56. > :13:57.than that and face no way of controlling their care costs
:13:58. > :14:00.which could run into So the lack of any form
:14:01. > :14:05.of pooling of risk of social It means still people will not be
:14:06. > :14:11.able to take control of this vital The winter fuel allowance at
:14:12. > :14:17.the moment costs about ?1.2 billion. So some fraction of that could be
:14:18. > :14:21.saved if it was to taken away My sense of this is that pensioners
:14:22. > :14:26.are not opposed to some reductions in the value of something like that,
:14:27. > :14:29.not opposed to the idea of paying more for some forms of social care
:14:30. > :14:33.if what they were being offered in return was a deal that meant
:14:34. > :14:37.that they could take I don't think pensioners wanted more
:14:38. > :14:41.money, they wanted this terrible That's not being solved and I think
:14:42. > :14:45.some pensioners will be pretty cross that they're losing losing something
:14:46. > :15:01.without feeling they're We have about another hour to go
:15:02. > :15:07.before the blast off of the manifest. I have the Labour version
:15:08. > :15:11.of the Tory manifesto. One manifesto, two years of failure and
:15:12. > :15:14.50 broken promises. That is the way it works nowadays. They are quick
:15:15. > :15:18.off the block. Thank you. At 10.30, pensioners and charities
:15:19. > :15:20.give us their reaction to the Conservative Party's plans
:15:21. > :15:22.for social care. Double Olympic champion, world
:15:23. > :15:27.champion, Commonwealth Champion, European champion,
:15:28. > :15:28.Nicola Adams has already But not content with that,
:15:29. > :15:36.she turned professional and is focused on winning
:15:37. > :15:40.a world title next. Nicola Adams has written a book
:15:41. > :15:43.about the story of her life so far and she's here to talk
:15:44. > :15:46.about it today. Good morning, Nicola, see you in a
:15:47. > :15:51.second. If you've got a question
:15:52. > :15:53.for Nicola, get in touch now. Lets have a look at some
:15:54. > :16:04.of her greatest moments # 'Cause I am a champion and you're
:16:05. > :16:20.gonna hear me roar... and to think that I've finally done
:16:21. > :16:39.it and I'm finally here with all this support,
:16:40. > :16:41.you know, it's really, And the incredibly tight gold
:16:42. > :16:53.medal bout, Nicola Adams, the first woman to win two Olympic
:16:54. > :16:57.titles in the boxing ring. When I first went in
:16:58. > :17:23.to win a gold in 2012, I was just thinking,
:17:24. > :17:26.yeah, I just want to win a gold medal and then the whole
:17:27. > :17:30.being a role model came with it. If you win a gold medal
:17:31. > :17:40.in the boxing, are you guaranteed I guess it just depends
:17:41. > :17:56.whether you want to stay amateur There's a lot of goals
:17:57. > :18:09.in the professional ranks to achieve, becoming a world
:18:10. > :18:11.champion and European champion, raising the game again and just
:18:12. > :18:14.making or hopefully trying to make women's boxing on a par
:18:15. > :18:39.with the men's. Nicola Adams is here. While we watch
:18:40. > :18:46.and that you said oh, I have done quite a lot, does it surprise you
:18:47. > :18:50.when you look back on it? Yes, a big surprise to revisit, I have been
:18:51. > :18:55.busy. Your book is called Believe, and it is launched today. It must at
:18:56. > :18:58.some point refer hard you got into boxing and that all-important trip
:18:59. > :19:02.to the leisure centre when you're mum went to the class and you got
:19:03. > :19:06.attracted by something else that was going on. Yes, it does, and I hope
:19:07. > :19:09.it will inspire the next generation to show that, with hard work and
:19:10. > :19:14.perseverance and dedication, you really can achieve anything. You
:19:15. > :19:17.were only about 13, I think it was, and you realised this was what you
:19:18. > :19:23.really wanted to devote yourself to. Was that some kind of daydream? What
:19:24. > :19:28.kind of plan did you have? I just wanted to win an Olympic title.
:19:29. > :19:31.Foremost, that would have seemed rarely strange, especially because
:19:32. > :19:36.women's boxing was not even an Olympic sport, so I had a lot to
:19:37. > :19:40.contest but I was determined. I was like no, this is going to happen,
:19:41. > :19:43.this is my dream commute just watch full stop you were born at the right
:19:44. > :19:47.time then, won't you? Because in previous generations as you say,
:19:48. > :19:53.women could not have taken part. I was reading that women's boxing was
:19:54. > :19:58.banned because premenstrual tension made is unstable. I know, and that
:19:59. > :20:03.was only in 1996, not that long ago. You also managed to win round Frank
:20:04. > :20:08.Warren, your promoter, because he was a bit iffy about women's boxing.
:20:09. > :20:12.What didn't he like it, and what changed? He didn't think the levels
:20:13. > :20:16.were good enough, that it was popular enough, and he said whenever
:20:17. > :20:21.he got into a taxi after 2012 and 2016, he said I was the first boxer
:20:22. > :20:26.that they spoke to him about. He was looking at my fights and he was
:20:27. > :20:29.really impressed with my technical level of boxing. We had a meeting
:20:30. > :20:33.and he said he would love to sign me. And here we are. The unlikely
:20:34. > :20:38.pair. CHUCKLING How difficult was it, though, for
:20:39. > :20:41.you as a girl in your teens to find people to fight? Because you were
:20:42. > :20:45.probably, I would imagine, in a great minority in most of the boxing
:20:46. > :20:49.clubs in this country at that stage. I was, I had one, Tish and when I
:20:50. > :20:57.was 13, and then I didn't get another one until I was 17, when I
:20:58. > :21:01.was 17. When I was senior. It was years of being patient, waiting to
:21:02. > :21:05.compete. There is a lot of patients linked to being a boxer. Now you are
:21:06. > :21:08.professional, how easy will it be to find an opponent worth fighting,
:21:09. > :21:14.that will actually come and the kind of person you would be prepared to
:21:15. > :21:19.fight for? It is a lot easier now. I am really enjoying the professional
:21:20. > :21:23.ranks. We do three minute rounds. We do ten rounds as welcome which is
:21:24. > :21:29.different from the amateurs who only do a maximum of four. And you have
:21:30. > :21:33.to pick your own team as well. On Team GB, you have a team
:21:34. > :21:38.straightaway, coaches, nutritionist, strength and condition coaches. Now
:21:39. > :21:43.I have picked my own team, which I have quite enjoyed. I have found a
:21:44. > :21:48.team of people that work well together. I am really enjoying
:21:49. > :21:52.things, onward and upward, and get that world title. It is probably the
:21:53. > :21:56.title rather than money want to do it for. But with that said tennis,
:21:57. > :22:04.for a long time of the women did not the same as the men. So what kind of
:22:05. > :22:07.money will be invested in women's boxing? Will you be fighting for the
:22:08. > :22:13.same kind of prize money? Yes, I hope so, in the future, when I'm
:22:14. > :22:20.headlining shows, and hopefully get my shot in Vegas. Who knows, the
:22:21. > :22:23.sky's the limit. Of course, and based on your track record you will
:22:24. > :22:28.absolutely get there. But how different is it, going into the ring
:22:29. > :22:31.as a professional, compared with being an amateur? Because of course
:22:32. > :22:34.you do not have the head guard on and you are fighting for money and a
:22:35. > :22:38.professional title, so it must change the way people approach it?
:22:39. > :22:44.Yes, it is very different but I like the fact that every time I step out
:22:45. > :22:50.into the crowd, it is a big crowd, a big arena, and I also liked the fact
:22:51. > :22:55.that I am not just fighting for me, I am fighting to change as well, I
:22:56. > :22:59.am fighting to lift the sport, the professional side of the women's
:23:00. > :23:03.boxing, so that when the next generation go to think about turning
:23:04. > :23:07.pro or turn pro, they know that the path is already laid out for them,
:23:08. > :23:12.and they don't have to think about the pressures of making sure that
:23:13. > :23:19.they literally good when they are performing. Because if I don't do
:23:20. > :23:25.good now, there will be no women's professional boxing in Britain. How
:23:26. > :23:32.great are those barriers? This idea that boxing is not very ladylike,
:23:33. > :23:37.not what we should be doing? It is not as bad as it was before but
:23:38. > :23:41.there is still a way to go. I want to help to improve that in the
:23:42. > :23:45.professional side. Inevitably come you have had to be a trailblazer but
:23:46. > :23:50.also because you have always been honest and open about your
:23:51. > :23:55.sexuality, and you have got engaged to your partner, congratulations.
:23:56. > :23:59.Thank you. You inevitably, I suppose, have had to be a
:24:00. > :24:03.trailblazer for that, that openness about sexuality in sport, which the
:24:04. > :24:07.lot of men and women have probably found quite difficult in the past.
:24:08. > :24:15.Yes, it is quite difficult for some people. It is not something I say
:24:16. > :24:20.everybody should come out, but I do say that people should find a way to
:24:21. > :24:25.try and be themselves and I'm hoping I'm inspiring them to be. I am so
:24:26. > :24:28.sorry, I lent into the shot, and spoiled everything, Barry, it is my
:24:29. > :24:33.first morning, as if you didn't know! You have probably just found
:24:34. > :24:37.that out, sorry to unnerve you. Taylor says please ask Nicola watch
:24:38. > :24:42.things of LGBT rights in the UK at the moment, not just in sport, but
:24:43. > :24:48.more widely I guess. How well do you think we are doing this country? I
:24:49. > :24:54.think we are doing really well. In sport as well, I think it is better
:24:55. > :25:01.and getting better all the time. I have to ask you about your fiance,
:25:02. > :25:05.she is a boxer as well, how competitive are you with each other?
:25:06. > :25:14.We don't fight each other or anything but we are quite
:25:15. > :25:18.competitive. We have a rivalry on, to see who will have the first world
:25:19. > :25:24.title on the mantelpiece. Would it ever come to you having to fight
:25:25. > :25:28.each other for it? No, we are in different weight divisions. How
:25:29. > :25:40.helpful is it having a fiance in the same business as you? Really
:25:41. > :25:43.helpful. We know the pressures, when we are dieting, we don't rarely want
:25:44. > :25:49.to talk. We have that understanding. We know what the other person is
:25:50. > :25:54.going through, so it is nice. Vincent asks if you and your partner
:25:55. > :26:03.have had your first row yet? Yes, we have had a few of them. All settled
:26:04. > :26:09.and -- all settled amicably with no fights. Yes. You were diagnosed with
:26:10. > :26:12.ADHD when you were in your teens, and you will always have to take
:26:13. > :26:16.medication for it. How do you manage it and how do you advise other
:26:17. > :26:22.people the same condition who find it get in the way of what they want
:26:23. > :26:26.to do? Yes, forgetfulness, lack of attention, focus, it is really tough
:26:27. > :26:33.to deal with. But with the tablets, it is a lot easier, and I can find
:26:34. > :26:40.that I can focus, and read come and get a lot of things done. Another
:26:41. > :26:45.couple of tweets, Ollie says congratulations on your engagement.
:26:46. > :26:49.Thanks. Do you ever get anxious or panicky before a fight, what helps
:26:50. > :26:54.to settle you? I get nervous before a fight. I think I would be more
:26:55. > :26:57.worried if I was not nervous before a fight because I would feel like I
:26:58. > :27:03.was not taking my opponent that seriously. I normally listen to
:27:04. > :27:08.music and have a laugh and a joke with the coaches before I go into
:27:09. > :27:13.the ring. Important that the right people around you. Definitely.
:27:14. > :27:16.Angela says we love Nicola, your smile melts our hearts, carry on,
:27:17. > :27:22.you are a hero. It must hear that all the time. Thank you. How do you
:27:23. > :27:27.keep yourself motivated then, the training is extraordinary and have
:27:28. > :27:33.to keep your weight under control up to the fight. Yeah, I keep my vote
:27:34. > :27:38.-- my motivation going by having goals to achieve. Pretty much every
:27:39. > :27:42.time I step into the ring I am creating some kind of history so it
:27:43. > :27:48.is nice to have that kind of goal. It helps me keep me very motivated.
:27:49. > :27:51.It is a lot easier to train when you know you are creating history and
:27:52. > :27:55.long after you have gone that history will still be there. So many
:27:56. > :28:02.people know who you are because you have been the first. How do you
:28:03. > :28:05.inspire young before them, it may not be boxing, it may be other
:28:06. > :28:11.things. Everyone comes across obstacles along the way, what advice
:28:12. > :28:15.do give them? I tell them to persevere, to stay dedicated and you
:28:16. > :28:21.have to believe in yourself. That is why I did the book, I wanted them to
:28:22. > :28:25.see that it doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you work hard,
:28:26. > :28:28.you can find something that you are really interested in and passionate
:28:29. > :28:32.about, you really can achieve anything. What do you do when you
:28:33. > :28:38.are not boxing? It is so all-consuming. Yeah. You can't just
:28:39. > :28:44.sit back, eat chocolate and drink the wine. I watch TV box sets, go to
:28:45. > :28:52.the movies. Normal stuff. Yes, normal stuff. Go-karting. What will
:28:53. > :28:56.come after boxing? I am not suggesting you will retire any time
:28:57. > :29:00.soon, what you see fit yourself beyond the ring? I know you have
:29:01. > :29:05.done some acting. I would love to do some more acting, and some
:29:06. > :29:09.commentating, as well. Where does this self belief, and you have
:29:10. > :29:14.called the book Believed, it is clearly an important thing. Where
:29:15. > :29:17.did it come from, a lot of people particularly in our teams, we are
:29:18. > :29:21.riddled with self doubt a lot of the time, you don't seem to have
:29:22. > :29:25.struggled with that. It is all about believing in yourself, being
:29:26. > :29:28.confident in yourself. When you can finally do that, the confidence will
:29:29. > :29:34.stay with you and you will be able to be confident around other people
:29:35. > :29:38.as well. You spend your time between here and the United States, because
:29:39. > :29:44.Marlon is based in San Francisco. And I coaches are there as well. Are
:29:45. > :29:51.they? How do different is it there, the boxing scene, compared to over
:29:52. > :29:53.here? Not that much different. The training I do over there is
:29:54. > :29:58.different to my amateur training I used to do before. But, yeah, I'm
:29:59. > :30:07.enjoying it, I'm loving the weather as well for stock I bet you are too.
:30:08. > :30:13.The book is launched today. Is it available on Kindle as well, nobody
:30:14. > :30:18.just buys books these days. Yes, Amazon, Waterstones, Audible, the
:30:19. > :30:22.audio book as well for stock you were going to be busy, great to meet
:30:23. > :30:23.you, the best of luck not just with the book but with your next fight.
:30:24. > :30:36.Nicola Adams, thank you. Still to come: we will speak to a
:30:37. > :30:43.health think tank to find out what the Tory pledges on social health
:30:44. > :30:46.care thinks. And we'll be talking to the person
:30:47. > :30:49.who has set up the world's largest centre for children
:30:50. > :30:51.who have lost their parents With the news, here's Anita
:30:52. > :31:08.in the BBC Newsroom. Senior politicians have arrived in
:31:09. > :31:11.West Yorkshire ahead of the manifesto launch due to take place
:31:12. > :31:15.in the next hour. The parties promising no one will be full is to
:31:16. > :31:21.sell their home in order to meet the cost of care. For the first time,
:31:22. > :31:25.the value of a person's to, over ?100,000, will be taken into account
:31:26. > :31:29.in assessing whether they will be eligible for free care if they
:31:30. > :31:34.remain living there. The Tory manifesto proposes introducing means
:31:35. > :31:36.testing for winter fuel payments and to end a guarantee that the pension
:31:37. > :31:39.will rise by 2.5% a year. Rolf Harris is to be released
:31:40. > :31:44.from Stafford Prison. The judge has told his
:31:45. > :31:46.indecent assault trial at Southwark Crown Court
:31:47. > :31:54.that the veteran entertainer He is standing trial accused of
:31:55. > :31:57.assaulting three teenage girls in the 70s and 80s.
:31:58. > :32:00.A former head of the FBI, Robert Mueller, has been appointed
:32:01. > :32:01.to investigate allegations that Russia interfered
:32:02. > :32:04.Calls for an independent investigation have been growing
:32:05. > :32:11.since President Trump fired the FBI director James Comey.
:32:12. > :32:14.As part of the inquiry, Congress and the FBI will look
:32:15. > :32:16.into potential links between Mr Trump's campaign team
:32:17. > :32:22.Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn will be absent as Britain's
:32:23. > :32:24.political leaders take part in a prime time TV debate.
:32:25. > :32:26.The ITV event will see Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron,
:32:27. > :32:29.Ukip's Paul Nuttall and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon lock horns.
:32:30. > :32:31.Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood and Green co-leader Caroline Lucas will also
:32:32. > :32:36.take part in the two-hour show being broadcast from Salford at 8pm.
:32:37. > :32:39.The Prime Minister has refused to take part in TV debates
:32:40. > :32:41.and the Labour leader said he would not participate
:32:42. > :32:48.US musician Chris Cornell has died aged 52.
:32:49. > :32:50.The singer, who gained fame with Soundgarden
:32:51. > :32:55.He also performed the theme to the James Bond movie,
:32:56. > :33:01.Cornell had been touring with Soundgarden in Detroit
:33:02. > :33:14.That is a summary of the latest news.
:33:15. > :33:17.Here's some sport now with Will Perry,
:33:18. > :33:22.Huddersfield Town are one game away from promotion
:33:23. > :33:27.to the Premier League for the first time.
:33:28. > :33:29.After a 1-1 draw in their Championship playoff
:33:30. > :33:30.with Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield won on penalties last
:33:31. > :33:33.night to book a Wembley showdown with Reading a week on Monday,
:33:34. > :33:36.a game that's being labelled the 200 million pound match
:33:37. > :33:38.In the Premier League last night, Southampton were left
:33:39. > :33:41.to rue a missed chance - as they had a penalty saved
:33:42. > :33:43.in what was a dull goalless draw with Manchester United.
:33:44. > :33:46.Even if United win their remaining game, this will be their lowest
:33:47. > :33:48.tally of wins in a single Premier League season
:33:49. > :33:51.Chelsea's 100 percent record in the Women's Super League Spring
:33:52. > :33:57.England midfielder Jordan Nobbs scored in stoppage time
:33:58. > :34:04.The point still lifts Chelsea to second -
:34:05. > :34:05.6 off leaders Liverpool with a couple of games in hand
:34:06. > :34:07.And Britain's Kyle Edmund has followed Andy Murray in making
:34:08. > :34:08.He was knocked out at the second round stage
:34:09. > :34:11.by Juan Martin Del Potro in straight sets.
:34:12. > :34:19.Johanna Konta is the only Britain left in either draw,
:34:20. > :34:24.More sport on the BBC News Channel later this afternoon.
:34:25. > :34:26.Even before the Conservatives' manifesto is published
:34:27. > :34:28.in the next hour, they've been forced to deny that
:34:29. > :34:31.plans to reform social care amount to a "death tax".
:34:32. > :34:33.They're promising that no-one would be forced to sell their home
:34:34. > :34:38.But for the first time the value of a person's property,
:34:39. > :34:40.over ?100,000, would be taken into account
:34:41. > :34:41.in assessing whether they're eligible for free care
:34:42. > :34:46.There's also a pledge to means-test winter fuel payments,
:34:47. > :34:58.meaning more wealthy pensioners will lose up to ?300 per year.
:34:59. > :35:05.Iain Duncan Smith is at Westminster. He joins us now. Thank you for
:35:06. > :35:10.joining us. Why is your party not being more radical and suggesting a
:35:11. > :35:17.cap on the cost of social care? That has been suggested and has had quite
:35:18. > :35:20.widespread support. I do not know what will be in the manifesto
:35:21. > :35:25.because we only have elements of it so far. We have seen the Government
:35:26. > :35:29.attempting to grapple with the big issue which goes on in every single
:35:30. > :35:33.community, the cost of social care and how you afford it. What they
:35:34. > :35:40.have actually looked at across a wide perspective is to say, look,
:35:41. > :35:44.for those on higher incomes, winter fuel for example, there is no reason
:35:45. > :35:49.why they should be receiving a universal benefit like this. That
:35:50. > :35:53.money can be used to help to fund social care. We have changed the
:35:54. > :35:57.nature of the link on pensions which, over the years, was the right
:35:58. > :36:02.thing to do. It lifted the pensioners up and has improved their
:36:03. > :36:07.annual income by over ?1000. Now it is right to have it linked to
:36:08. > :36:11.earnings or inflation, so it always stays at the right level but does
:36:12. > :36:15.not increased at a clear head of those. Those areas will allow the
:36:16. > :36:19.Government the flexibility to be able to say we can spend more and
:36:20. > :36:23.focus on target more money on social care, ensuring people who need that
:36:24. > :36:27.care, particularly those in low income brackets will be able to get
:36:28. > :36:37.the social care they need when they need it. That is the big challenge
:36:38. > :36:39.facing all of us. Eight UK says means testing could be quite
:36:40. > :36:42.disastrous in terms of the number of people who die as a result of the
:36:43. > :36:47.cold weather we have in the winter. Those most vulnerable and in need of
:36:48. > :36:51.the payment are least likely to actually collect it. How do you
:36:52. > :36:56.avoid that? You ensure what you do is you target better. When I was
:36:57. > :37:00.sitting at the Department it was a constant area of frustration for us
:37:01. > :37:06.that we shovelled out the door a lot of money, a huge amount of it, to
:37:07. > :37:12.people who used to complain they did not need it. Most of that money was
:37:13. > :37:15.not spent on an increase in terms of their fuel. For many of those people
:37:16. > :37:20.who had sufficient monies, used to spend it on other things. They
:37:21. > :37:25.admitted as much. There was no mechanism to hand it back. It was
:37:26. > :37:30.impossible for that to happen. Many papers argued that it was time to
:37:31. > :37:35.actually target the money better. The whole point about means testing
:37:36. > :37:41.is you make sure that those who need it, those who are eligible for it,
:37:42. > :37:44.actually receive it. There is plenty of ability for us to be able to
:37:45. > :37:49.target that group properly. We looked at that when I was there. It
:37:50. > :37:54.was quite clear it was feasible to do this properly. The problem you
:37:55. > :37:58.have, in the past, the ability to do that was not so great. Universal
:37:59. > :38:02.payments, whatever they are, cost you a lot of money because you spend
:38:03. > :38:06.a lot of money giving to people who do not need the money. Those who do
:38:07. > :38:10.need it could get more money. That is the key elements as you get more
:38:11. > :38:14.support to those who live on marginal incomes and those who do
:38:15. > :38:22.not need that money, therefore, do not need to receive it. Some would
:38:23. > :38:25.argue that means testing is an expensive way of doing it as well.
:38:26. > :38:28.The Conservatives have been very keen to criticise Labour in saying
:38:29. > :38:33.the sums do not add up. Can you give us some idea of who exactly will
:38:34. > :38:40.lose and what the savings will be? Of course I can't. I am not in the
:38:41. > :38:44.Government. I am not therefore privileged to the manifesto and all
:38:45. > :38:48.the details. This process we are engaged in today, announcements have
:38:49. > :38:52.been made, they will be seen in a wider balance of what is available
:38:53. > :38:57.in the overall manifesto and taxation. Then we will be able to
:38:58. > :39:00.say where we are. My general sense about all of this is that the
:39:01. > :39:07.Government is looking to reallocate the money. At the moment it could be
:39:08. > :39:11.with winter fuel which is spent on people who do not need it.
:39:12. > :39:17.Reallocate in that kind of spending to those who do, hence the issues
:39:18. > :39:21.around capping the level on ?100,000 and ownership of a house. About
:39:22. > :39:25.those who need the care getting that money. Cannot give you the exact
:39:26. > :39:32.figures. I am not privileged to the details. Your party is saying there
:39:33. > :39:37.is going to be a generous increase in how much money people will be
:39:38. > :39:42.able to retain and receive social care. This idea that people will be
:39:43. > :39:48.left with ?100,000 to pass onto their families, how is that an
:39:49. > :39:52.incentive for anybody save, to recruit wealth, if it will all be
:39:53. > :39:57.soaked up by social care, which could've been avoided if you put a
:39:58. > :40:01.cap on the costs? The whole idea is the vast majority do not and will
:40:02. > :40:05.not need that level of social care. The reality is, for those that do,
:40:06. > :40:09.one of the great warriors they always had is, first of all, they
:40:10. > :40:13.will have to divest themselves of all of this money while they are
:40:14. > :40:17.alive which makes it complicated and difficult for them. The second area
:40:18. > :40:22.is they have no way of protecting the amount of money they might wish
:40:23. > :40:26.to pass on legitimate to their families, or at least have available
:40:27. > :40:31.to their families, after they die. That is the area that the Government
:40:32. > :40:36.is looking at protecting and giving them that assurance. By extending
:40:37. > :40:43.this whole policy to care at home, which is all part of that, you want
:40:44. > :40:46.to keep people at home as much as you possibly can, that enables the
:40:47. > :40:49.market to look at a wider range of products to help people invest over
:40:50. > :40:53.the years toward supporting their own care in later life so they would
:40:54. > :40:58.not have to fall back on the cost of their housing. That is the key area
:40:59. > :41:05.we needed to do, getting people are more flexible savings regime and
:41:06. > :41:09.allowing for care in a home and care in the community. The idea of
:41:10. > :41:14.staying in your home to be cared for my appeal to a lot of people. How do
:41:15. > :41:22.we make sure there are enough carers with the right quality and paid
:41:23. > :41:29.enough to go around? This is where the minimum wage rise to the living
:41:30. > :41:34.wage comes into effect. We heard the present government wants to take it
:41:35. > :41:38.even higher. The minimum wage will help enormously with people at the
:41:39. > :41:43.bottom end of the pay scale and that is very much the case for people who
:41:44. > :41:46.do caring responsibilities. This will make companies think very
:41:47. > :41:52.carefully about how they use staff. That would be the greatest
:41:53. > :41:54.protection. That commitment, it was a Conservative government that is
:41:55. > :41:58.committed to that and has seen through with the rise, that will
:41:59. > :42:02.mean more for people on low pay than anything else. The other area is,
:42:03. > :42:06.the Government has already taken millions out of taxation by raising
:42:07. > :42:12.the threshold where you start to pay tax and eventually it will arrive at
:42:13. > :42:18.?12,500. That is a halving of the numbers. That means a doubling of
:42:19. > :42:22.the amount you can earn before you will actually have to pay tax. That
:42:23. > :42:26.takes a lot of people in the low pay area out of tags in the early part
:42:27. > :42:31.of their income. Thank you very much for joining us.
:42:32. > :42:34.So, is this good news or bad news for families with elderly relatives?
:42:35. > :42:37.We are joined by Hugh Alderwick, who is a senior policy adviser
:42:38. > :42:39.for the health think tank, the Kings Fund.
:42:40. > :42:44.Jane Vass is head of policy and research for Age UK -
:42:45. > :42:51.Alison Holt is our social affairs correspondent.
:42:52. > :43:02.She is trying to work out what it means for her. Alison, a lot of
:43:03. > :43:05.reaction at first seemed to suggest it could have been a lot more
:43:06. > :43:11.radical and they have missed a trick. That is the feedback I have
:43:12. > :43:16.been getting. I think people are ready for a complete overhaul of the
:43:17. > :43:21.system. It is a general feeling it is badly broken and has been under
:43:22. > :43:27.serious pressure, under huge demand and overstretched. In time. I think
:43:28. > :43:31.there was an appetite for something fairly radical but also something
:43:32. > :43:34.happening fairly quickly. Their care cap idea introduced by the do not
:43:35. > :43:41.commission some years ago was already in there just are aged --
:43:42. > :43:45.legislation. The cap limiting the highest care costs and a raising of
:43:46. > :43:50.the threshold. The cap has been scrapped. We have got this raising
:43:51. > :43:56.of the threshold. The key thing here is that the raising of the threshold
:43:57. > :43:59.to allow people to keep ?100,000 in saving for assets is generous
:44:00. > :44:07.compared to what it is at the moment, which is ?23,250. But, they
:44:08. > :44:11.are... It will particularly help people who might be in residential
:44:12. > :44:18.care. In terms of home care, at the moment, the value of someone's 's is
:44:19. > :44:21.not included in how you would calculate the assets. Under these
:44:22. > :44:28.plans it would in the future. Thank you very much. Let's speak to
:44:29. > :44:31.Sharon. Hopefully you are hearing to what Iain Duncan Smith was saying
:44:32. > :44:36.was that we are hoping to get all of the details in the manifesto. What
:44:37. > :44:42.do you think of the social care idea and how you would be affected? I am
:44:43. > :44:47.very worried. Contrary to what a lot of people, especially a lot of young
:44:48. > :44:50.people, it seemed to think, that all pensioners are really well. Myself
:44:51. > :44:55.and my husband, I cannot work because I am not well enough. I am
:44:56. > :45:00.61. My husband is talking about working till he is 68 because we
:45:01. > :45:04.still have a mortgage to pay off. If we find we have paid our house off
:45:05. > :45:08.and should we need care, we would have to sell our property, which is
:45:09. > :45:13.worth less than the average cost of a house these days. It would be
:45:14. > :45:17.ludicrous. Would we be expected to sell our house to live in rented
:45:18. > :45:20.accommodation so we could afford care question that would be totally
:45:21. > :45:26.self-defeating for the Government because it would cost them more
:45:27. > :45:30.money than paying as benefits, presumably, to be able to afford to
:45:31. > :45:36.rent somewhere. I'm worried about how I will pay rates, let alone if
:45:37. > :45:44.we had to have care. The future is just so black for people in our
:45:45. > :46:18.situation. There are many pensioners who are not well off at all.
:46:19. > :46:23.I am thinking of voting Lib Dem, though I realise they probably won't
:46:24. > :46:26.get in, but I can't bring yourself to vote for the Conservatives now
:46:27. > :46:32.because I don't think they will be any help to people like my husband
:46:33. > :46:36.and myself. When they talk about not paying benefits to certain people, I
:46:37. > :46:42.think there should be a much higher figure. People who have houses,
:46:43. > :46:50.earning enough money that they can sell and downsize. Sharon, thank you
:46:51. > :46:53.very much for your thoughts. Jane Wass from Age UK, what are your
:46:54. > :46:59.thoughts? We haven't got all the details yet, but you will, no doubt,
:47:00. > :47:04.have a reaction already? Of course we haven't seen the detail, so there
:47:05. > :47:17.is a health warning there, but sadly we don't think it will help. Our
:47:18. > :47:21.particular concern is around introducing the house into the means
:47:22. > :47:26.test for a carer at home. What about the winter fuel test -- the winter
:47:27. > :47:33.fuel payment being means tested as well. That is a real concern as
:47:34. > :47:36.well. That is not just about wealthy pensioners, as you said there are a
:47:37. > :47:40.lot of people who are entitled to claim benefits like pension credit,
:47:41. > :47:43.around one in three not claiming it now. Partly because of the
:47:44. > :47:48.difficulty of doing so, partly because of the stigma. The DWP has
:47:49. > :47:50.been tried to get them to claim more over many years and we haven't
:47:51. > :47:56.really been able to increase that number. But it is not just people
:47:57. > :47:59.who are entitled to claim who don't. That is also people who are just
:48:00. > :48:06.above the limit for claiming it. They will be very badly hit by
:48:07. > :48:09.losing the winter fuel payment. Inevitably there is with someone
:48:10. > :48:17.close to that threshold. What would you have hoped to have heard about
:48:18. > :48:21.social care? From our point of view it is deeply disappointing. There
:48:22. > :48:26.are a few points to make. As has been talked about, the move from a
:48:27. > :48:30.ceiling, a cap on care costs, to a floor, means that actually it will
:48:31. > :48:34.be very difficult for some people together care they need, and they
:48:35. > :48:39.won't have the certainty of having someone cover the catastrophic care
:48:40. > :48:44.costs. The second point is about care in the home, the changes we
:48:45. > :48:49.have talked about will mean many more people are going to have to pay
:48:50. > :48:54.for that care. But this is a major missed opportunity for fundamental
:48:55. > :48:58.reform of the social care system, which is currently failing to many
:48:59. > :49:01.people, particularly the poorest in society, who often rely on a
:49:02. > :49:06.threadbare social care system. So we haven't seen that more fundamental
:49:07. > :49:11.reform we were hoping for. What is wrong, though, with asking people
:49:12. > :49:17.who have wealth, in whatever form, be it savings or assets, to pay for
:49:18. > :49:20.their own care? To try, as a lot of people have said, is to bring about
:49:21. > :49:25.a rebalancing between the generations when a lot of people
:49:26. > :49:35.feel it is the older generation who have had it pretty good. If you
:49:36. > :49:40.don't get below the floor of ?100,000 which includes the value of
:49:41. > :49:43.your home, you don't have any certainty or security for spiralling
:49:44. > :49:52.care costs for things like dementia. So actually it is not so much about
:49:53. > :50:02.how big should the floor be, it is a separate set of issues. We have seen
:50:03. > :50:09.fewer people access publicly funded social care. The question is where
:50:10. > :50:15.is the plan for sustainable this system? How sustainable would be the
:50:16. > :50:29.idea of insurance which could be quite costly for people. At the
:50:30. > :50:33.moment it is very much down to luck as to whether or not you get
:50:34. > :50:47.dementia and you may have to pay out the carer for ten years. Most
:50:48. > :50:51.pensioners are not on very good incomes. They
:50:52. > :50:54.are on a modest pension. Even though they have housing wealth they may
:50:55. > :50:55.find themselves pushed into using that and potentially restricting
:50:56. > :50:58.their own futures. One of the questions is if the block having to
:50:59. > :51:04.use their housing wealth, will they be able to move into housing that is
:51:05. > :51:08.more suitable for their wealth? Some big questions. Thank you for joining
:51:09. > :51:13.us. We have not seen the detail yet, that might change a little bit.
:51:14. > :51:18.Sharon in Dorset, to the King 's fund, Jane Wass from Age UK.
:51:19. > :51:22.Allison, thank you very much. The BBC news channel will provide full
:51:23. > :51:27.coverage of the Conservative's manifesto launch winner gets
:51:28. > :51:34.underway sometime after 11:15am. We are going to be in Dunstable in Beds
:51:35. > :51:37.on Monday 29th of May. That is for a big election audience debate. If you
:51:38. > :51:40.have made up your mind already who you will vote for, still deciding
:51:41. > :51:44.don't think you will even bother and would like the chance to share your
:51:45. > :51:52.views and grill senior politicians on their policies, get in touch with
:51:53. > :51:54.us and apply for a place. There will be more details on our Facebook page
:51:55. > :51:59.and our Twitter page. The Syrian war has been raging for 6
:52:00. > :52:02.years, and the current death toll shows nearly half a million people
:52:03. > :52:04.have lost their lives. The devastation shows
:52:05. > :52:06.no sign of letting up, leaving a whole generation
:52:07. > :52:08.of children that have only More than 15,000 unaccompanied
:52:09. > :52:17.and separated children have crossed Syria's borders,
:52:18. > :52:19.into countries like Turkey. Authorities say orphans
:52:20. > :52:22.there are at risk of substance abuse and prostitution at the hands
:52:23. > :52:24.of human traffickers. Now a village that will house more
:52:25. > :52:27.than a thousand orphans has been built in the south of Turkey,
:52:28. > :52:30.and the first set of children are moving into their homes
:52:31. > :52:32.which opens today. He's Deputy President of IHH -
:52:33. > :52:36.the Turkish NGO that has set-up He hopes the project will help
:52:37. > :52:39.educate the next generation And Mohamed Najjar is a Syrian
:52:40. > :52:50.doctor here in the UK. He's lost family members
:52:51. > :53:00.and friends in the conflict. Mohamed and Huseyin, thank you for
:53:01. > :53:08.joining us. Mohamed, let's start with you. How has your family been
:53:09. > :53:14.affected by six years of war in Syria? Well, thank you for inviting
:53:15. > :53:19.me to this show. In fact, many Syrian families are going through
:53:20. > :53:22.the same suffering. My family is separated between several countries.
:53:23. > :53:29.Some of them are still in Syria, some of them in Turkey, in Saudi
:53:30. > :53:35.Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Germany, Austria and
:53:36. > :53:38.Britain. And the number of children affected is ready quite
:53:39. > :53:43.catastrophic. An entire generation is growing up only ever having known
:53:44. > :53:48.conflict and displays them. That's right. As the United Nations report,
:53:49. > :53:56.and Save the Children and many organisations have stated, I do
:53:57. > :54:02.quote a number of statistics done in 2015, talking about 800,000 children
:54:03. > :54:06.that have lost their families, whether they are a father or a
:54:07. > :54:12.mother, and they are without proper care, no access to education, they
:54:13. > :54:15.have no one to look after them, especially from the psychological
:54:16. > :54:22.point of view. I think these children deserve to live a normal
:54:23. > :54:27.life, after the Mass loss they have heard through family and their
:54:28. > :54:31.environment. Huseyin in Turkey, tell us a little bit more about your
:54:32. > :54:37.village for these orphans, what it aims to do. Because what they will
:54:38. > :54:41.want more than anything is a normal life, like Mohamed suggests. Yes,
:54:42. > :54:47.thank you very much. Now we are in the inauguration programme of the
:54:48. > :54:56.most biggest orphan care centre. It is really very important. As Mohamed
:54:57. > :55:01.says, we have 1 million orphaned children from Syria, almost half of
:55:02. > :55:07.them living in Turkey. Now we are giving shelter education of all the
:55:08. > :55:14.needs of these orphans, and we are hoping for the future of Syria,
:55:15. > :55:22.education of these orphaned children will be very important. It is one of
:55:23. > :55:27.the biggest investments for the Syrian refugees, but not only
:55:28. > :55:32.limited the Syrians. It is one of the biggest investments for the
:55:33. > :55:44.orphans of the region. It will be almost 100 firm -- 1000 students
:55:45. > :55:50.will be educated. They will continue to the university degrees. But only
:55:51. > :55:54.giving food and shelter for the others, also it is a time we need to
:55:55. > :56:03.start investing for the future of Syria. The main purpose of this
:56:04. > :56:08.facility is to train, educate for the future of Syria. Huseyin how
:56:09. > :56:15.important will the psychological support be for these children. They
:56:16. > :56:21.must be immensely traumatised. Definitely, all of the children,
:56:22. > :56:27.many of them, they have abuse, they have faced very big difficulties,
:56:28. > :56:38.not only in losing families, also life is very difficult for them.
:56:39. > :56:44.Itself, the facility is very important for them. They lose their
:56:45. > :56:51.parents and they are alone now, but in this facility they will live in
:56:52. > :56:55.their own home. You will see the villas on the back. Each villa is
:56:56. > :57:04.350 square metres, and they will live in this, in each villa 18
:57:05. > :57:08.students will be there, and they already there. Huseyin, it sounds
:57:09. > :57:12.very ambitious, and we wish well with your project. Mohamed, when you
:57:13. > :57:16.hear about this, is this the kind of future you want to see for Syrian
:57:17. > :57:19.orphans? Because there has been criticism that countries like
:57:20. > :57:24.Britain have not taken as many children as they could have.
:57:25. > :57:27.Absolutely, I would like to see Syrian children in education,
:57:28. > :57:31.successfully participating in the rebuilding of Syria, but the big
:57:32. > :57:37.question is we have accommodated 1000 children in this facility. What
:57:38. > :57:42.about the 1.5 or the 2 million left behind? No access to education and
:57:43. > :57:45.they are deprived. I think the best help for Syrian people and the
:57:46. > :57:50.Syrian kids is to keep them at home, is to stop the barrel bombs, stop
:57:51. > :58:01.the chemical attacks, stopped all of the atrocities and barbaric crimes
:58:02. > :58:06.being perpetrated on a daily basis. Thank you both very much.
:58:07. > :58:11.A lot of comments coming in about our interview with Nicola Adams,
:58:12. > :58:16.people very pleased to see her on screen. Alastair says what a truly
:58:17. > :58:20.inspirational woman. I am not a boxing fan, but when she speaks, I
:58:21. > :58:23.listen. BBC Newsroom Live is coming up next with full coverage of the
:58:24. > :58:25.launch of the Conservative manifesto. Thank you for your
:58:26. > :58:37.company today, have a good day. 'We need a decision
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