:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight on BBC London News. goodbye from me and on BBC
:00:08. > :00:10.We're in St Albans - a Tory seat but being eyed up
:00:11. > :00:13.by Labour and the Lib Dems, hoping to seize on the
:00:14. > :00:27.I voted Ukip last time but decided to go with Theresa May this time.
:00:28. > :00:28.Brexit was a huge shock and we are still recovering. I hope something
:00:29. > :00:31.happens for all of us. But with a week to go
:00:32. > :00:33.it's not the only issue We'll chat to them and a political
:00:34. > :00:37.expert who'll help us Living beyond their means -
:00:38. > :00:42.the growing number of Londoners reliant on credit cards
:00:43. > :00:53.to supplement their income. Originally I got them just as a
:00:54. > :00:56.safety net cover a back-up in case I needed them but you find yourself
:00:57. > :01:01.going to the credit card more and more because you cannot afford to
:01:02. > :01:05.live here. And I am in King's Cross for the weather forecast this
:01:06. > :01:08.evening. I really am. It is a green oasis in the middle of urban London
:01:09. > :01:24.one of the many well we can connect to nature.
:01:25. > :01:31.Welcome to historic sent all burns on a beautiful evening. Over the
:01:32. > :01:34.past few weeks, I have been to Croydon, east London and tonight I
:01:35. > :01:41.am in Hertfordshire. It is estimated around a fifth of the people who
:01:42. > :01:47.live here commute into London. It is a Tory seat but it's one to Labour
:01:48. > :01:51.in 1997 who held it until 2005. It is worth pointing out this is an
:01:52. > :01:59.area that voted to remain in the EU by almost 63% putting them at odds
:02:00. > :02:03.with the local Tory MP who backed Brexit. Perhaps not surprising the
:02:04. > :02:08.Lib Dems who have never won the seat and whose vote collapsed here at the
:02:09. > :02:11.last general election have it on their target list. In these
:02:12. > :02:16.unpredictable political times, anything could happen. Yvonne Hall
:02:17. > :02:19.has been finding out what the candidates are offering and how
:02:20. > :02:23.people are feeling about the election.
:02:24. > :02:30.St Albans market, shoppers have been looking for good deals here for more
:02:31. > :02:35.than a thousand years. So, what do today's bargain hunters think of
:02:36. > :02:41.what is on offer from their candidates? I don't know who to vote
:02:42. > :02:45.for, I don't like any of them. I voted Ukip last time but decided to
:02:46. > :02:52.go with Theresa May this time. She best represents the voters. Brexit
:02:53. > :02:57.was a huge shock and we are still recovering from it. Let's hope
:02:58. > :03:03.something happens for all of us. For the past 12 years, Conservative and
:03:04. > :03:05.main has been MP of this historic and affluent commuter city and
:03:06. > :03:13.increased majority to more than 12,000. They have British meat in
:03:14. > :03:16.them? She's a staunch Brexit supporter, some accuse her of not
:03:17. > :03:24.representing the views of the six TT % of people here who voted to stay
:03:25. > :03:29.in the EU. People say you are out of touch with your constituents. If we
:03:30. > :03:33.did not honour the vote we should not have offered it but it was
:03:34. > :03:40.offered, no caveats about second referendums. The public have voted.
:03:41. > :03:45.A wonderful woman, always supporting the market, a brilliant person per
:03:46. > :03:48.the town. We love her very much. Her main policies are improving the
:03:49. > :03:57.infrastructure, including schools, housing and hospitals. Labour's Ceri
:03:58. > :04:05.pollard was MP here eight year before and Maine won in 2005 and she
:04:06. > :04:10.came second in 2015. His top policies are a second EU referendum,
:04:11. > :04:15.increasing house-building and a new teaching hospital. My promise is
:04:16. > :04:19.re-elected back in Parliament I will insist there is a referendum of
:04:20. > :04:25.whatever deal is brought back to the British people from Brussels that
:04:26. > :04:30.the British people finally decided, is this good enough or not. The
:04:31. > :04:34.Liberal Democrats came third in St Albans with a chop of 18% in their
:04:35. > :04:38.share of the vote. This time around they are fielding a much higher
:04:39. > :04:42.profile candidates, Daisy Cooper who came second in the race to be the
:04:43. > :04:45.parties national president so we're off to the local campaign
:04:46. > :04:50.headquarters to find out how Daisy keeper thinks she can now win the
:04:51. > :04:56.seat. Brexit changes everything at what we have seen both of the local
:04:57. > :05:00.election results when Lib Dems got 44% and conservatives got 30% and
:05:01. > :05:10.Labour will push down to 18% is people are to vote for the Lib Dems.
:05:11. > :05:13.The Lib Dems top priorities are a second EU referendum, increasing tax
:05:14. > :05:21.to fund the NHS and more spending on schools. Bacca St Albans market,
:05:22. > :05:29.enough rain to turn anywhere green. In 2015, the Greens came forth here
:05:30. > :05:33.with a 2% increasing votes. Their top policies are a second EU
:05:34. > :05:40.referendum, more environmental protection and a low carbon economy.
:05:41. > :05:44.It was very important to stand up for the pure green principles, the
:05:45. > :05:51.idea of putting sustainability at the core of your policies is not
:05:52. > :05:54.something that other parties do. At St Albans clocktower a message
:05:55. > :06:02.voters would no doubt like all the candidates to take on board.
:06:03. > :06:12.And you should be able to see the full list of candidates standing in
:06:13. > :06:20.St Albans on your screen. Plenty more information on the BBC election
:06:21. > :06:25.website. I am delighted to say I am joined by Tony Travis from LSE.
:06:26. > :06:27.There is a much this man does not know about politics in London so it
:06:28. > :06:34.is lovely to have you here because with a week to go you help us
:06:35. > :06:40.clarify any unanswered questions that our panel here have this
:06:41. > :06:48.evening. Welcome to all of you. Lisa McCann, a mum of two, planning to
:06:49. > :06:53.vote Labour. Sylvia, an accountant and business advisory plans to vote
:06:54. > :06:57.Conservative. And Gary a teacher at independent school, a former
:06:58. > :07:02.Blairite who plans to vote Lib Dem. And Tony Travis here who will
:07:03. > :07:11.provide clarity and unanswered questions. Do you feel at this stage
:07:12. > :07:18.you are clear about what the parties are offering? I am clear about the
:07:19. > :07:22.reasons the things I'm voting on but I think it is highly crass of a
:07:23. > :07:27.Conservative government to call the selection and then dole out a
:07:28. > :07:34.manifesto with no funding and the costings to it. I think that is
:07:35. > :07:39.unacceptable. It is not the only manifesto that has been criticised.
:07:40. > :07:43.The Institute for Fiscal Studies, independent of parties have looked
:07:44. > :07:49.at both Labour and Conservative manifestos and concluded there are
:07:50. > :07:53.gaps, you would have to vote of both parties without fully knowing,
:07:54. > :08:00.Labour did have a list of costings but would there be enough tax from
:08:01. > :08:04.the sources suggested to fund it, the Conservatives, few details but
:08:05. > :08:12.stem -- some uncosted like adult social care. You mentioned tax
:08:13. > :08:15.because that is one issue that was concerning you, the effect on
:08:16. > :08:21.businesses and businesses in general. I work with a lot of
:08:22. > :08:24.businesses and for me I can see it is important to business to have
:08:25. > :08:28.some clarity and stability and we need that so absolutely the spending
:08:29. > :08:31.cuts and the other things we have talked about but fundamentally we
:08:32. > :08:36.need business to make money to collect taxes and nobody can do
:08:37. > :08:41.anything. It is about which one of those alternatives will give us the
:08:42. > :08:47.stability business needs. What is interesting is you look at
:08:48. > :08:51.commentators on business, they are worried there was a slight
:08:52. > :08:54.anti-business tone to a number of the manifestos that isn't just label
:08:55. > :09:00.Liberal Democrats but also the Conservatives arguably and what we
:09:01. > :09:05.are getting here is a sort of backwash from a number of years of
:09:06. > :09:10.perceived increase in inequality, business not paying taxes and
:09:11. > :09:16.perhaps the rich not paying and that is buried inside a complex new
:09:17. > :09:20.political environment with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn and the Lib
:09:21. > :09:24.Dems as well or fighting for this territory about how to convince the
:09:25. > :09:32.electorate that theirs is the manifesto that will really attract
:09:33. > :09:35.voters. But it is just today we have managed to reach the dizzying
:09:36. > :09:45.heights of sharing the bottom place of the G-7 with Italy for a
:09:46. > :09:49.languishing economy, national debt. It is a quarter on quarter measure
:09:50. > :09:52.and things do change quite a lot from one quarter to another and it
:09:53. > :09:56.is true in this quarter but in the previous quarter Britain was doing
:09:57. > :10:04.quite well so we have to wait a bit, we need a years figures. Gary, you
:10:05. > :10:12.are concerned about Brexit and the impact on jobs in terms of
:10:13. > :10:17.immigration. Thousands and thousands of people going to London and the
:10:18. > :10:20.model of Brexit Theresa May has chosen, leaving the customs union
:10:21. > :10:25.and the single market is the riskiest of all the options
:10:26. > :10:33.available and is taking a risk therefore with everybody's jobs and
:10:34. > :10:38.the revenues on which the jobs rely. The difficulty whoever wins the
:10:39. > :10:43.election, the Lib Dems say they would not go into coalition but
:10:44. > :10:46.whichever party it was is they do not fully know what the other side
:10:47. > :10:50.will be saying in the negotiations so we will leave the EU, that is
:10:51. > :10:54.what the vote was, it seems that will happen so the question now is
:10:55. > :11:00.which of the parties is most likely to come out with the best deal and
:11:01. > :11:06.two can convince the electorate of that. London is a city relies
:11:07. > :11:13.heavily on immigration and we know where they stand on immigration, is
:11:14. > :11:17.that an issue? The arbitrary cap which Theresa May has decided to
:11:18. > :11:24.have on migration to win votes makes no economic sense whatsoever. And it
:11:25. > :11:31.is interesting we are united as remain although divided. In fairness
:11:32. > :11:35.to the government, there is no doubt the Brexit vote in part and the
:11:36. > :11:41.polling shows it was about immigration and the issue of how the
:11:42. > :11:44.government can come up with a policy that is convincing to people at the
:11:45. > :11:52.end of this that makes sense and is fair will be taxing, the economy
:11:53. > :11:57.needs migration but how the migration is controlled and what the
:11:58. > :12:01.government, what deals they can do is all up for grabs in the election.
:12:02. > :12:04.Do we know where we stand on passporting rights which is an issue
:12:05. > :12:12.for London and something the mayor spoke about? That is about the city
:12:13. > :12:19.of London and the relationship with the rest of the EU after Brexit and
:12:20. > :12:24.the answer is we do not know yet. One of the things about the election
:12:25. > :12:29.is none of the parties are giving a detailed picture about what they
:12:30. > :12:35.would negotiate for and how. Brexit has changed it for this election,
:12:36. > :12:38.that is why it is so fiercely fought, and I think it is reasonable
:12:39. > :12:45.to say the isn't a lot of detail because it is spurious inaccuracy
:12:46. > :12:48.and some things that are clear we can talk about and it is about
:12:49. > :12:52.having a strong leader to take us through whatever will come. Is that
:12:53. > :12:58.because we do not have the detail or we are not being told that detail?
:12:59. > :13:03.The details are not there. It is new territory for all of us. The
:13:04. > :13:08.difficulty any government would have whatever party is that it is a
:13:09. > :13:12.negotiation and until the negotiation starts in rooms late at
:13:13. > :13:18.night and everybody will be saying this and doing something else, it is
:13:19. > :13:21.hard for the parties to lay out a position and if they lay out a
:13:22. > :13:26.position to give the other side a sense of the way the government will
:13:27. > :13:29.negotiate. Given the Conservative party brought us to this issue, you
:13:30. > :13:33.would have thought they would have been able to bring more input into
:13:34. > :13:42.the after affects of such referendum. Ultimately, the future
:13:43. > :13:47.of jobs in London in the south-east hangs on the outcome of this Brexit
:13:48. > :13:52.deal. We as voters deserve to know more before we go to the ballot box
:13:53. > :13:57.about what the options are going to be, more than we are being told,
:13:58. > :14:01.equally one of the reason for voting Lib Dem is at the end of the deal I
:14:02. > :14:04.want a say on it because I do not trust the politicians whoever they
:14:05. > :14:09.are to come up with the best deal for everybody. And that is what the
:14:10. > :14:15.Lib Dems are offering. We will leave it there for now. Thank you for
:14:16. > :14:19.joining us. Please relax, enjoy a drink and mull over some of what has
:14:20. > :14:20.been said and take advantage of Tony's huge brain.
:14:21. > :14:28.Well we've been hearing how this is one of the Lib Dems' target seats.
:14:29. > :14:30.Their leader Tim Farron told our political editor
:14:31. > :14:33.Tim Donovan that their membership has doubled in two years
:14:34. > :14:36.and they are going to be seen as a genuine alternative to Tories
:14:37. > :14:49.If you want to say no to Theresa May's dementia tax, her taking away
:14:50. > :14:54.free school meals from children and two in three headteachers sacking
:14:55. > :14:58.one teacher in seven weeks' time because of budget cuts in schools,
:14:59. > :15:04.the one where you can effect that is by voting Liberal Democrat. The
:15:05. > :15:08.Liberal Democrats, as we all know, in London especially have a great
:15:09. > :15:13.chance of making those games and sending the message to Theresa May,
:15:14. > :15:16.do not take us are granted. Actually, you underestimated their
:15:17. > :15:21.momentum and how good the Labour campaign might be and that is why
:15:22. > :15:25.you are going to be squeezed. Labour voters across the capital in
:15:26. > :15:30.south-west London are voting for the Liberal Democrats and moving to us
:15:31. > :15:33.to defeat the Conservatives. Find me a seat in London where Labour think
:15:34. > :15:39.they have a chance of gaining a seat at all. There is an one. Many Labour
:15:40. > :15:48.MPs are believing you'll be beaten by conservative. Tim Farron speaking
:15:49. > :15:52.to us earlier. The Lib Dems are sounding optimistic there, exactly
:15:53. > :15:56.are week today Londoners will cast their vote, let's get the thoughts
:15:57. > :16:05.of a man who has been mulling over a lot of things, Karl Mercer. A poll
:16:06. > :16:14.out today does suggest how does my vote. Away from St Albans which is a
:16:15. > :16:19.very different place to London, a different political beast. Labour
:16:20. > :16:23.closing in the polls across the nation the difference between three
:16:24. > :16:28.to 15 points behind the Tories, in London suggesting Labour are 17
:16:29. > :16:34.points ahead of the Conservatives on 50% of the vote the Tories on 33%
:16:35. > :16:38.backing up a similar poll Queen Mary University, London did a week ago
:16:39. > :16:43.which had similar scores so it tells you how different London is the rest
:16:44. > :16:47.of the country. Also interestingly, Londoners saying Jeremy Corbyn would
:16:48. > :16:54.be a better prime minister than Theresa May. In March they did a
:16:55. > :16:58.similar poll, Labour was three points ahead now 17 points ahead, a
:16:59. > :17:05.whole different ball game. They're talking Labour winning seats in
:17:06. > :17:11.London but remember there was with the caveat with polls, it is just a
:17:12. > :17:14.poll. Always a health warning. Thank you very much. From us here in St
:17:15. > :17:16.Albans on a lovely evening, I will hand you to Louisa Preston for the
:17:17. > :17:19.rest of the days news in the studio. London has been named the credit
:17:20. > :17:22.card capital of the UK - with Londoners using plastic simply
:17:23. > :17:25.to cover the cost of A new report says young people
:17:26. > :17:30.who rent are most at risk of falling Holidays, new cars,
:17:31. > :17:38.big-ticket purchases, London life is expensive nowadays,
:17:39. > :17:43.and more and more of us are turning to credit cards,
:17:44. > :17:49.sometimes just to make ends meet. Billy has a good job which pays
:17:50. > :17:52.well, but his living costs, rent, travel, bills,
:17:53. > :17:55.food, all add up. He now has several thousand
:17:56. > :17:59.pounds on credit cards. Originally I got them
:18:00. > :18:02.just as a safety net, just as a back-up in case I needed
:18:03. > :18:06.them for anything. But, you just find yourself going
:18:07. > :18:09.to your credit card more and more, because you just can't afford
:18:10. > :18:11.to live here. It's so expensive,
:18:12. > :18:16.and rent is crazy. So I find myself, I could be running
:18:17. > :18:20.out of money by the end of the week, and I'm turning to my credit
:18:21. > :18:23.card every week. Billy's part of a new generation
:18:24. > :18:30.of "Yerns", young earning renting non-savers, who have pushed London
:18:31. > :18:34.to the top of the country's Britain has a combined
:18:35. > :18:42.?66.7 billion on credit cards, Some of it's aspirational,
:18:43. > :18:44.some of it reflects what's We are seeing record high
:18:45. > :18:48.rents, stagnating wages, But of course, if someone
:18:49. > :18:54.is building up large amounts of unsecured credit,
:18:55. > :18:56.that might not be sustainable, and they could be storing up
:18:57. > :19:06.problems for the future. One charity offering debt advice of
:19:07. > :19:10.the average person coming to them has ?8,000 on credit cards, they
:19:11. > :19:15.believe the companies themselves should do more. We think they could
:19:16. > :19:21.increase the very low minimum repayment levels and also within
:19:22. > :19:25.credit card companies should do more about lending to people in an
:19:26. > :19:29.affordable way Sidcup should only be able to borrow over a reasonable
:19:30. > :19:35.period preventing short-term credit card borrowing becoming long-term
:19:36. > :19:38.debt. The UK cards Association said we are committed to helping a
:19:39. > :19:41.minority of people who struggle but the sheer number apparently in
:19:42. > :19:46.persistent debt relying on plastic just to get by is fuelling concerns
:19:47. > :19:48.are credit culture could spiral out of control.
:19:49. > :19:50.An unqualified nanny from North London has been found
:19:51. > :19:53.guilty of killing a baby in her care.
:19:54. > :19:56.The Old Bailey heard Viktoria Tautz lost her temper and violently shook
:19:57. > :20:01.She claimed they'd been playing a game at the flat in Haringey,
:20:02. > :20:11.It's often referred to as the UK's second City, but Birmingham hopes it
:20:12. > :20:13.will become first choice for Londoners looking to relocate
:20:14. > :20:19.And with plans for a new high speed rail link, business leaders
:20:20. > :20:22.in the west Midlands say the city will soon become as accessible
:20:23. > :20:36.Does London face a tough new competitor? The fact 1000 jobs will
:20:37. > :20:45.soon move away from Canary Wharf may suggest yes. This is the new HSBC
:20:46. > :20:50.building, they are moving jobs up to Birmingham. A ?200 million
:20:51. > :20:53.investment and it will be the banks new UK head office. Not
:20:54. > :20:58.surprisingly, Birmingham thinks this is a bit of a coup. They are
:20:59. > :21:02.encouraging both lenders and their global workforce from around the
:21:03. > :21:06.world to move here as much as possible. Birmingham is saying to
:21:07. > :21:12.London businesses, we have changed, from how you might remember us. The
:21:13. > :21:16.Bullring has been a shopping centre for a hundred years. There is an
:21:17. > :21:23.investment boom and the game changer for the city and perhaps the London
:21:24. > :21:27.maybe this. Once HS2 is built, you will be up to get the capital city
:21:28. > :21:31.within 46 minutes. That is a shorter length of time the going from one of
:21:32. > :21:36.the outer zones on the London Underground into the city centre.
:21:37. > :21:40.This new office space has just opened in Birmingham employing 250
:21:41. > :21:45.people in software services but the same company has cut its space in
:21:46. > :21:51.London. When you think about the square of prime real estate in
:21:52. > :21:56.London, it is 50% more expensive than in Birmingham. Lucy is a new
:21:57. > :22:02.graduate employee but she chose not to start her career in London. The
:22:03. > :22:07.rent in London is double the price so it is ?800 whereas rent in
:22:08. > :22:11.Birmingham can start at ?400. Jonathan is an economist to lift in
:22:12. > :22:18.Dulwich ten years. But now he has moved. Life is easier, less hectic,
:22:19. > :22:26.easy to do the things you want to do in life, find a house, find a
:22:27. > :22:30.school. And John who manages this bar used to live in Finsbury Park.
:22:31. > :22:36.He left London a year ago and doesn't miss it. I found it much too
:22:37. > :22:40.hectic, even if I could afford to live there, I let the pace of life
:22:41. > :22:45.in Birmingham and the people and I guess the world is not all about
:22:46. > :22:50.London. London is not losing out to other cities yet, we do not see that
:22:51. > :22:53.as a key problem, there is room for everyone to grow. But for some
:22:54. > :22:56.Birmingham does offer a better life. And soon we may know if others are
:22:57. > :23:00.following. The Sundance Film Festival
:23:01. > :23:02.opens today in London, celebrating the world of independent
:23:03. > :23:04.cinema with feature films and documentaries screened
:23:05. > :23:06.at the Picturehouse in Piccadilly The festival is going
:23:07. > :23:15.ahead despite several events and red carpet premieres
:23:16. > :23:17.having been cancelled over security fears,
:23:18. > :23:18.following the recent Let's get a check on the weather
:23:19. > :23:27.with Wendy who is at Camley Street Natural Park in King's
:23:28. > :23:39.Cross. It has been glorious. Yes, this is
:23:40. > :23:42.where you need to come to enjoy it, one of the green places, a park that
:23:43. > :23:46.is looked after by the wildlife trust. They have done a poll
:23:47. > :23:52.suggesting 87% of Londoners loves nature but do not get enough of it.
:23:53. > :23:55.They have issued a challenge, 30 days wild challenge where each day
:23:56. > :24:01.this month you connect with nature, see what you can see and this is no
:24:02. > :24:04.better place, a green oasis in an urban and changing part of London
:24:05. > :24:10.and no better time to do it. This is the first day of the summer months
:24:11. > :24:14.and for the rest of this week it is going to be very warm with
:24:15. > :24:19.increasing humidity which may give way to some thundery showers
:24:20. > :24:24.throughout the day tomorrow. No such problem, beautiful sunshine at the
:24:25. > :24:28.moment and nice and warm. As we go through the night, it will stay that
:24:29. > :24:32.way, lots of clear skies and temperatures holding in the high
:24:33. > :24:38.teens level across London, only dipping to 15 degrees for a time at
:24:39. > :24:43.dawn. A warm start of the day tomorrow, some searing sunshine
:24:44. > :24:49.through the morning and light winds, the humidity building, temperatures
:24:50. > :24:52.building so 25, 20 6 degrees by the afternoon and then a shower was. Not
:24:53. > :24:57.for everyone but where you get caught in them you will know about
:24:58. > :25:01.it. The Met office has a weather warning for tomorrow afternoon for
:25:02. > :25:05.torrential downpours causing difficult driving conditions,
:25:06. > :25:09.localised surface water flooding and a bit of hail from some of the
:25:10. > :25:13.showers and lightning as well. The idea is that sweeps through
:25:14. > :25:18.overnight into the weekend leaving it fresher, a few showers around
:25:19. > :25:20.lingering into Saturday morning but there will be some dry, fine weather
:25:21. > :25:27.and temperatures around average for the time of year on Saturday and
:25:28. > :25:31.Sunday. On the outlook, I rather unsubtle theme into the start of the
:25:32. > :25:37.working week, some showers around heavier ones on Tuesday as well. In
:25:38. > :25:42.amongst all of that, fresher and less settled weather, there will be
:25:43. > :25:49.some weather to enjoy, places like this, lenders are green city, plenty
:25:50. > :25:53.of nature wherever you look for it. -- London is a green city.
:25:54. > :25:57.And with a week to go before the election Labour
:25:58. > :25:59.and the Conservatives are focusing on Brexit.
:26:00. > :26:02.Jeremy Corbyn says a Tory Brexit will lead to a jobs meltdown,
:26:03. > :26:20.but Theresa May says it offers a future of new opportunities.
:26:21. > :26:24.I'll be back later during the ten o'clock news, but for now
:26:25. > :26:26.from everyone on the team have a lovely evening.
:26:27. > :27:01.This election, Ukip has made five key pledges to you.
:27:02. > :27:17.We all know this election is about Brexit and
:27:18. > :27:21.how the United Kingdom moves forward in a way that respects
:27:22. > :27:24.the momentous decision last year, and how we as a nation can take
:27:25. > :27:30.advantage of the golden opportunity that Brexit has given us.