To the brink of qualifying for the knockout stages. And we get exclusive access behind the scenes during filming of the new series of the crown. Um. But, yes. Sorry, we are whispering because theyre actually shooting. Theyll sack us. Were going to be sacked. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Party leaders will step up Election Campaigning today by challenging their opponents plans for brexit. Labour and the conservatives will both attack each others proposals for leaving the eu, while the lib dems will officially launch their stop brexit agenda. Lets take a look at some of the detail. Borisjohnson is not on the road today, but the Prime Minister has published a letter to the labour leaderJeremy Corbyn, demanding that he comes clean to voters about his brexit strategy. Mrjohnson poses five questions for labour to answer. Jeremy corbyn is on the road to spread labours brexit message. Hell promise to sort it in six months when he gives a speech this morning in essex. And the lib dems will launch their campaign in westminster this morning, standing on a stop brexit ticket. Leaderjo swinson will claim that staying in the eu will result in a £50 billion remain bonus for the uk economy. Our Political Correspondent jonathan blakejoins me now. He is keeping a close watch on olive todays developments. The parties last week started off by talking about issues other than brexit, but about issues other than brexit, but a couple of days and we are back to, effectively, the main event . A couple of days and we are back to, effectively, the main event7m a couple of days and we are back to, effectively, the main event . It is a taste of things to come, with brexit absolutely dominating the general Election Campaign this morning. As you set out, the main parties are putting forward their messages, promises and claims in terms of what brexit will mean for the uk and how they will go about either delivering it all stopping it. The conservatives and labour very focused on the time frame after the general election in which they could deliver on their big promises. For the tories, of course, it is about winning a majority so Boris Johnson as Prime Minister can get the brexit deal he negotiated with the brexit deal he negotiated with the eu through parliament and into law in time for the new deadline of january 31. Labour, on the other hand, are promising, Jeremy Corbyn will say later, to deliver brexit and get it sorted within six months. Thats an strikingly similar to the conservatives slogan of get brexit done, maybe they want to appeal to both remain and leave supporting voters fatigued by the whole Brexit Process. But delivering on the referendum result, negotiating a new deal and putting that to a public vote within six months, which is what labour are claiming, could well bea what labour are claiming, could well be a tall order, and this morning cabinet minister michael gove said it would not be possible for labour to do that. He defended the governments own policy. The shadow brexit secretary keir starmer said labours promised to deliver brexit in six months is realistic. If Jeremy Corbyn were Prime Minister he would go back to brussels, renegotiate the whole deal, we would go back to square one, taking months, possibly years. At the edge of the process we would have a referendum, but Jeremy Corbyn will not say on which side he would campaign. I have got backwards and forwards to brussels for the best pa rt of forwards to brussels for the best part of three years, talking to people in the parliament, the council, the commission and to senior politicians in all eu 27 countries. I unaware of the parameters of a deal which could be struck, and i think it could be struck, and i think it could be struck very quickly i am aware of. The debate for labour and the tories is about how quickly they could deliver brexit, on what terms and whether the public would get a say. For the liberal democrats, launching their Election Campaign today, it is about stopping brexit. They had been clear that if they win a majority and can form a government after the election they would revoke article 50 and pull the plug on brexit straightaway. They are a long way away from being able to do that, but we will hear from jo swinson, the lipton party leader, later, about her reasons for wanting to stop brexit and a new claim of a 50 billion p remain bonus, as the liberal democrats will describe it. This is their way of illustrating as they see it the economic benefits of they see it the economic benefits of the uk staying in the eu. We would be £10 billion a year better off over the five years, the party claims, if brexit does not happen. Ed davey, the deputy leader of the lib dems, has set out more on how they reach that figure. These figures are robust, we have used the independent institute for fiscal studies green budget numbers which we re studies green budget numbers which were published just that month just last month and many people think were being very cautious, but it is very good news for those people not sure about voting remain or leave and wondering about the liberal democrats, we can show there will be this remain bonus and we can afford extra investment in schools, and tackling inequality, it is a pot of money not available to either the conservatives or the labour party. Jonathan, yesterday downing street was trying to shut down the possibility of another extension to brexit beyond the end of 2020. Do you think that will play into this campaign very much . you think that will play into this campaign very much . I think so, questions about the timetable are key if both parties are campaigning where brexit is concerned, both labour and the conservatives, on a message of trying to get it done as quickly as possible, then the prospect of any further extensions might well be things in which voters make up their mind. Michael gove was clear this morning that the conservatives do not want and do not foresee any further extensions to the Brexit Process beyond january 31, and he said it is perfectly possible that the government will be able to negotiate a future relationship with the eu by the end of the transition period, which would take us up to the end of december 2020, labour clear that they want to renegotiate a new deal very swiftly in a matter of months and then put that to the public any further referendum within six months. In a tight timescale, Neither Party will want to entertain talk of extending the Brexit Process any further. Thank you, jonathan blake. Health and social care staff working in the nhs in england will receive training on autism and learning disabilities thanks to a campaign led by families. The Training Programme has been named in memory of teenager Oliver Mcgowan, whose parents campaigned for better staff training since his death in 2016. A trial of the new training will begin in england next year. A little earlier dan scorer from learning Disability Charity mencap told the bbc why the training was so crucial. Every year, every yea r, over every year, over 1000 people with a learning disability dye avoided plea, if they had got good Quality Health care at the right time there lives could have been saved. With a learning disability die avoidably. It is vital the government implement this as soon as possible now. Our correspondent Jayne Mccubbin has been following this story and is in salford for us now. I know you have investigated the story and heard some really heartbreaking tales from families affected by this, including olivers family. Just remind the viewers about his story . Oliver mcgowan was about his story . Oliver mcgowan was a young man, fit and healthy, he had mild learning disabilities and autism. He ended up going to hospital in a crisis. Against the wishes of oliver and his family he was given anti psychotic medication. His family would much rather the hospital had spent more time trying to understand and manage his autism rather than going down the route of medication. Oliver had an allergic reaction to those drugs. It is important to say that a coroner apportioned no blame against the hospital that make that decision, however in the house of commons, in parliament, very many mps and a government minister has stood up and said they believe that olivers death was avoidable and what was crucial here is trying to have a better understanding of learning disabilities and autism, that is what was behind this decision today to introduce this training, which will be trialled from next year, and then the intention is to roll it out after that across the whole of the nhs and social care staff, and there are very many people out there who really welcome this, because behind oliver are lots of other people. A couple of examples, richard handley, who had Downs Syndrome but died of constipation, wholly avoidable. People like Stephanie Ben cliff, a young lady who died from sleep apnoea, basically she suffocated in her sleep, she put on so much weight because she was kept for almost seven because she was kept for almost seve n years because she was kept for almost seven years in a single room without any exercise, again a coroner apportioned no blame but there are very many people who thought the way in which her care was handled was wrong, that is why this training is so wrong, that is why this training is so important. Why isnt that understanding already in place in the nhs . Why isnt the training that will be trialled out there already . There is a desperate shortage of learning disability nurses here in the uk, if you look at the workforce figures you will see that the biggest losses of nursing staff are in this speciality. They have suffered the greatest losses. I think there are campaigners who will say it is because of a lack of interest in this as a specialism, but there are other people who say why arent all Health Workers just changing this as standard, it represents more than 1. 4 Million People in the country, why isnt it a basic part of training . Some other people will say sadly it is down to discrimination, people with learning disabilities and autism are seen as others and there are too many cases that we hear about, for example the government has led the way in the world in setting up a learning disability mortality review because people with learning disabilities in this country die on average more than 25 years sooner than people who dont have a learning disability, a huge health inequality. This learning disability review is the first in the world to make a pledge to look into every learning disability death, to see if they had been avoidable. I will give you some of the stats from the last review, poor ca re of the stats from the last review, poor care contributed to the deaths of nearly one in ten people. 19 death reviews said the term learning disabilities or Downs Syndrome was given as the reason for do not resuscitate orders. There are lots of reasons why people say this is so important and why they want to ch work. Thank you, Jayne Mccubbin. The new speaker of the house of commons, the labour mp sir lindsay hoyle, will formally process to the speakers chair for the first time this morning in the house of commons. Sir lindsay replacesjohn bercow hes seen here being dragged to the chair, according to tradition, by mps. He pledged to be a a neutral speaker and paid tribute to his daughter natalie, who died in 2017. I wish she could have been here. We all miss her as a family, none more so than her mum, miriam. Ive got to say, she was everything to all of us, she will always be missed but will always be in our thoughts. As i promised, i will be neutral, i will be transparent. I think this house, we can do more to ensure that the transparency continues. The new speaker the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. The headlines on bbc news. Parties step up Election Campaigning by challenging their opponents on their plans for brexit. New rules inspired by the death of 18 year old Oliver Mcgowan will mean training for all nhs staff on caring for people with learning disabilities and autism. Research suggests three quarters of people who use food banks are from homes affected by illness or disability. In by illness or disability. Sport, englands cricketers been in sport, englands cricketers have been beaten by new zealand, they lost by 14 runs in nelson as the hosts ta ke lost by 14 runs in nelson as the hosts take a 2 1 series lead. Eoin morgans side looked set for victory until the last five wickets in three overs. Both chelsea and liverpool are playing in the Champions League tonight, wins for both could take them to the brink of qualifying for them to the brink of qualifying for the knockout stages. Aaron ramsey has been named in the wales squad for the final 2 euros 2020 qualifiers. He withdrew from octobers games with injury. Gareth bale is also in for the matches against azerbaijan and hungary. More at just after half against azerbaijan and hungary. More atjust after half past. Three quarters of people who use food banks are from homes affected by illness or disability, a three year study commissioned by the Charity Trussell trust has found. The study looked at more than 1,000 food bank users across the uk. It identifies three key contributors to problems issues with the benefits system, ill health and too little local support. Sumi rabindrakumar is head of policy and research at the Trussell Trust, a charity that works to end the need forfood banks in the uk. Sumi, you are very welcome on bbc news. A three year study, lots of Research Going into this first report called the state of hunger report, tell us more about your key findings . At the heart of this research, it finds hunger in the uk is not about food, we are seeing people across the country being locked into poverty simply because they do not have enough money to cover the cost of essentials. One of the most startling facts in the research showed that people refer to food banks, households, they are relying on just 50p a week after housing costs and about a fifth of people simply had no income coming in at all in the month before coming toa in at all in the month before coming to a food bank, so acute levels of deprivation. You are talking about acute deprivation, people and absolutely desperate circumstances, as we indicated in the introduction to the report, you indicated key factors behind people being in that system, benefits system problems, ill health or challenging life circumstances, lack of local support. I suspect not of those things came as a huge surprise to anybody involved in the study, but now you have the evidence, do you hope it can be used to bring about policy change . Certainly evidence we see in food banks in the Trussell Trust network chimes with what this new robust independent research shows. As you rightly pointed out, this new evidence based points to what we think we really need to change to show we do not need food banks in the future. The benefit system which should anchor soul from poverty is simply not working. Two thirds of households referred to food banks had a benefits problem in the get before coming to a food bank, such as jobs and the get before coming to a food bank, such asjobs and income due the get before coming to a food bank, such as jobs and income due to the reduction in the value of benefits as well as delays such as the in built delay to universal credit, these are things that the government has power to change. We are listening to you now, but do you feel the government is listening to you . We have seen improvements to the benefit system in the last year to 18 months, we know it is simply not enough. If people are having to go without any income at all, we know the systems are not working. We need urgent action, which is why we at the Trussell Trust are calling for the next government to prioritise some key steps, including making sure benefits are paid more quickly, particularly ending the five week wait for universal credit, restoring the value of benefits to make upfor restoring the value of benefits to make up for the massive losses we have seen as part of the benefits freezer making sure local welfare support provided by councils is properly funded by Central Government so people can weather the crisis they face, be that eviction, job loss or divorce. These are some stepping stones we need to see urgently stepping stones we need to see urge ntly if stepping stones we need to see urgently if we want to see and the need for food banks. Do you plan to produce a report each year to track the statistics and see if things are changing . The purpose of the researchers to look at how circumstances change over time and to hold the government to account, to hold the government to account, to make sure we have the systems we needin to make sure we have the systems we need in to anchor us from policy, as you pointed out, this is a three year study and we will be closely tracking these facts and statistics in the coming years to make sure we really see the change we need on the ground. Sumi rabindrakumar from the we need on the ground. Sumi Rabindra Kumar from the Trussell Trust, thank you very much. Thank you. More now on todays political goings on. Party leaders are stepping up Election Campaigning by challenging their opponents on their plans for brexit. Borisjohnson has written toJeremy Corbyn, urging the labour leader to come clean with voters about what sort of deal he wants with the eu. In a speech this morning, mr corbyn will again claim a post brexit trade agreement would give the us full Market