toa in the conservative party approach to a winterfuel in the conservative party approach to a winter fuel benefit, henry? the news on the tory manifesto that if you are in england and ui pensioner and you receive winter fuel allowa nce and you receive winter fuel allowance between £100 to £300 per year, that will now be means tested. rich people won t get it. but if you are in scotland that would be the case. it ll still be available universally. that tells us something interesting. it is doing so well amongst older voters that it doesn t need to keep giving them goodies like david cameron did. they can say, look, you are getting a great deal, you have a good deal over the past few years, so we will cut back on some of your benefits. but they still need scottish voters. there is still need scottish voters. there is still a strong independence campaign north of the border. the last thing theresa may wants to do in the middle of brexit negotiation this have that flare up. mi
to take part was unexpected he made that call at lunchtime challenging theresa may tojoin him. the prime minister visiting the west country today said she preferred to be meeting voters on the campaign trail. and that she would stick to her guns and not take part in that cambridge debate this evening. the audience are now taking their seats ready to ask their questions and weigh up the answers. caroline lucas from the green party there and we have just seen leanne wood from plaid cymru. these are live pictures now ofjeremy corbyn the labour leader. a lot of applause. as the labour leader arrives in cambridge. and he waves to quite a large crowd of supporters clutching labour party banners on this sunny evening in cambridge. and this sunny evening in cambridge. and this decision from jeremy corbyn very interesting, he had said he would not take part in the debate if theresa may was not taking part but had a change of mind. alongside his communications chief seamus mi
a funeral for the first victim to be named in the grenfell tower disaster a syrian refugee looking for a better life. quality time with the kids but memories of the baby they lost a new report on poor maternity care. mercury rising it s the hottestjune day for over a0 years but watch out for the storms to come. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, we ll round up all the news from the second day of royal ascot, and a prompt arrival by the queen after the state opening of parliament. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. this may be a queen s speech that will be remembered for what s missing rather than what s being proposed. gone are the prime minister s ambitions for big changes at home. instead the legislative programme read out by the queen was dominated by brexit. so let s look at what s in the queen s speech. there are are eight brexit bills in total. other bills include one to tackle domestic violence and abuse. and another to give the go ahead to
with many key manifesto plans either axed or delayed after the election result the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says the government s in chaos. a threadbare legislative programme from a government that s lost its majority and run out of ideas all together. prince charles accompanied his mother to the state opening, as the duke of edinburgh was unwell. the duke was admitted to hospital last night as a precautionary measure. he s said to be in good spirits. one person is trapped after a crane collapses in crewe. two others have been released and taken to hospital. the first funerals for victims of the grenfell tower fire disaster have taken place, as theresa may apologies for the official response, saying it wasn t good enough. good evening. a host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the uk for a smooth and orderly departure from the eu have been announced in the queen s speech. it was a legislative programme that was dominated by brexit. so let s look at what s in th
tuesday in parliament. our look at the best of the day in the commons on the lords. on this programme, another spanner in the works for ministers eu departures planned, peers vote for one more alteration to the government ‘s brexit bill. it ensures that parliament has the critical role in determining the future that we will bequeath to generations. i find it quite extraordinary that your lordship is spending hours here and basically what is an effective amendment. ministers are urged to reconsider the ending of their policy to give lone refugee children sanctuary in britain. they are pulled to our shore for safety. closing the scheme will not stop that pull factor. and labour criticises the ending of automatic entitlement to housing benefit for 18 21 year olds. this will make significantly more young people forced to rough sleep in our country and will make them increasingly vulnerable. first, the brexit bill has cleared the house of lords but with two significant changes m