With Alberto Salazar, who was banned forfour with Alberto Salazar, who was banned for four years with Alberto Salazar, who was banned forfour years for doping allegations. Thanks, katie. Also, the weather with Thomasz Shafernaker. At the moment, it is grey and rainy. But we can all look forward to some sunshine over the weekend. Thanks, thomasz. Also coming up. We have a special report about the damage being done to the black sea long used as a dumping ground for plastic and Chemical Waste. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Neither the conservatives nor labour are being honest about spending, in the run up to next months election according to the independent institute for fiscal studies. The Research Group has examined both parties economic plans and say theyre not credible because the tories would end up spending more than their manifesto pledge, and that labour would struggle to deliver the spending increases it has promised. The details come from our economics correspondent andy verity. The institute for fiscal studies is look to for objective analysis and its objective view is neither major party is being honest. Labour pretends huge increases in spending can be financed only by corporations and the rich, and the conservatives continue to pretend taxis will not have to rise to get decent Public Services. We know the conservatives over the last two electoral cycles have ended up spending and borrowing a lot more than they said it would in their manifestos, i think that will happen again because they are suggesting essentially nothing in this way of additional spending this time beyond what is announced. Labour has vast spending increases and tax increases which probably cant be delivered within a single parliament. The conservatives have promised no rise in taxis, but with extra spending already pledged, they are likely to break their own rules on borrowing. We welcome the scrutiny. If anyone has a look, they will see that alongside our manifesto we have published the most detailed costings document any party has published in any general election. The lib dems are promising big increases to tax and spending, helping Public Services but needing tax rises of £36 billion. The acknowledge they will have to rise income tax by a penny to pay for it. There are a lot of significant investments that lib dems will be making. The imf has recognised that isa making. The imf has recognised that is a pretty radical manifesto to sit out. It is one we can deliver as well. Labour is planning the biggest increase in public spending in peacetime. The imf have said the ifa s has said public spending would still be lower than germany. But the seat would involve everyone, not just corporations and the rich. Seat would involve everyone, not just corporations and the richlj think manifesto was bold, ambitious and no other party has produced a costed manifesto and put himself up to that type of scrutiny. The ifa has warned all plans could be thrown into disarray by brexit. The final trade deal was supposed to get done by the end of next year. Labours plans would require borrowing to rise. If under the conservatives britain were to leave the eu without a full trade deal, borrowing would have to rise by even more. Andy verity is with me. Lets talk about the conservatives, first of all. Their pledges are overshadowed by brexit, trade talks and what might happen. One of the things they highlighted was the fact the conservative manifesto doesnt contain much. They say they will not raise vat or income tax, but the ifa says casting doubt on that. Especially if brexit gets on the way. We have been talking about a departure dealfor way. We have been talking about a departure deal for years. Way. We have been talking about a departure dealfor years. We havent got down to kneeling down the terms oi got down to kneeling down the terms or starting to map out the main trade deal that has to be done within a year. The ifa says seeing under labours extraordinary Spending Plans, borrowing would have to rise. But it would go up more without a trade deal in place. The criticism for labour is the numbers and they are so big. It is the biggest rise in spending in peacetime. £18 billion of extra day to day spending. The focus is not so much on the credibility of could be raise the taxes to pay for that, in fact that level of spending would still be below the level of public spending of countries such as germany. It would take it up to a germany. It would take it up to a german kind of level of publics ending. But what on . If there are not enough Shovel Ready Projects to invest in, that money will take to spend. We saw pauljohnson in your report. He says a labour manifesto pledge was not achievable. Lots of the pledges are not realistic, he is saying. The lib dems are talking about extra spending of £36 billion. That would require tax rises beyond the 1p that they are mentioning. They have saying they will have to rise in personal taxes. The politics are obvious. It is unpopular to talk about rising taxis, but the reality is that that is what will happen. Look back at 2010. It was obvious the government was good to have to get more revenue in after the financial crisis. All the economists predicted vat would increase to 20 . And none of the parties were talking about it. You mean that they have that before recently, theres been a demand for it to be more rigorous. They have done their costings and it is accurate, but whether or not it is accurate, but whether or not it is accurate, but whether or not it is accurate in the light of economic developments is a different question. Andy verity, thank you very much. With two weeks to polling day, labour is changing its Election Strategy in areas which supported brexit in an attempt to widen the partys appeal. Members of the shadow cabinet who back an eu withdrawal deal will be given a higher profile, while more activists are going to be sent to leave constituencies. Jonathan blake is in southampton. Simon, Jeremy Corbyn when he spoke of this morning about labours environment plans didnt address specifically any shift in the pa rtys specifically any shift in the partys campaign specifically any shift in the pa rtys campaign strategy, specifically any shift in the partys campaign strategy, but he did take time after the speech in the question and answer session to set out in some detail labours policy, try to make it as clear as possible, that is, that they would try to negotiate a new deal with the eu within three months and then put it to eu within three months and then put ittoa eu within three months and then put it to a public vote within six months. He was asked of he now had a different message to voters who voted to leave the European Union in key parts of the uk, but he said his message was the same as it was in 2016. The party needs to come together over brexit. No explicit acknowledgement labour is changing tack at this point in the campaign, but i think we will see in the days and couple of weeks left in the campaign to go a bit of a shift and more of an attempt by labour and certainly those key figures who support leaving the European Union with a new deal within the labour party popping up and campaigning on key parts of the uk and this year in southampton is one of those because it did vote as a majority to leave the eu. Two of the three seats your are held by conservative mps, one on are held by conservative mps, one on a knife edge at the last election. Something labour will have their sights set on. Jeremy corbyn, while focusing on the environment today and saying that close cooperation would be key, did acknowledge it was something they had to get across more clearly. The unite union boss Len Mccluskey has said the party needs to explain their policy more to working class voters who voted to leave. Jonathan, thank you. You can find out what each party is promising to do on the issues that matter to you by using our general election policy guide which lets you easilycompare the parties policies. Find that at bbc. Co. Uk news or on the bbc news app. Throughout this Election Campaign weve been reporting from some key Battle Ground constituencies lets go to my colleague Martine Croxall who is in cheltenham for us today. Throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. We will be visiting 10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. Today, we re in cheltenham, which is in gloucestershire. This seat has been held by the conservatives since 2015 and is bordered by two other constituencies, also belonging to the tories. The conservatives took cheltenham four years ago with a swing of 10 from the liberal democrats, who had held the seat for 23 years. But the liberal democrats will be hoping to regain the seat this year the conservatives have a majority ofjust over 2,500. More than a quarter of people here are aged between 20 39. And the local Authority Area of cheltenham voted 56 to remain in the eu. 0ur correspondent fiona lamdin has this report on the liberal democrats bid to win back cheltenham. Now, she doesnt. Just to test me, whilst i am out of my comfort zone how much of an issue is brexit for voters here . Im told it is one of the biggest issues on the doorstep. Boris johnsons the biggest issues on the doorstep. Borisjohnsons message the biggest issues on the doorstep. Boris johnsons message of the biggest issues on the doorstep. Borisjohnsons message of getting brexit done is unlikely to go down well in cheltenham because the town voted strongly to remain. 56 of people voted to remain. The lib dems will really be trying to utilise this. They have already increased their majority in local Council Elections, they came up top on the european elections. They will be hoping to win cheltenham this time around. There is a local issue regarding the accident and emergency department. The nhs is a big issue nationally. There is a big local issue as well, to do with the a e department. Essentially, gloucestershire has two a e departments, but campaigners fear the one in cheltenham could cause. In the last few years, services have been downgraded. For example, there are no a e services at night. If it causes completely, it would mean people would have to travel eight miles to gloucester instead. The nhs locally have said that will not be the case. It is a big issue on the doorstep and an issue that all parties are campaigning on. Just to reiterate that, the chief executive of Gloucestershire HospitalNhs Foundation trust has said there is no proposal to close the a e department and its not even in the consultation. They are being very emphatic. There is another local issue and really isnt a westminster issue and really isnt a westminster issue at all. What is boots corner . It is trying to find a solution to the Traffic Congestion corner. It is the Traffic Congestion corner. It is the road that goes through cheltenham and it splits the pedestrianised high street. The lib dem run council has launched this trial closure of the road. The aim is to improve air quality and to make it a nicer environment for shoppers to walk up and down. But it has not gone 100 smoothly, there have been thousands of fines handed out to drivers who have been unable to navigate the diversion routes, businesses have complained that delivery drops cannot get to shops and some have said it is putting shoppers from coming into the town. Because of those issues and the fact it was a decision be made by the lib dems, it means the conservatives are jumping on that as an electioneering issue this time around. A local issue this time around. A local issue that could have an effect on the westminster seat. Healy mortimer, political reporterfor the westminster seat. Healy mortimer, political reporter for bbc your gloucestershire, thank you very much. You will have noticed we are in this beautiful regency building. It was where people used to come to ta ke it was where people used to come to take the medicinal waters, which you can still taste. There is a little pump around the corner. We sampled at this morning. Very refreshing it is to. Cheltenham is a spa town. And it also is a tone of sanctuary, offering safety to people who flee violence. We arejoined by bill flynn. What does your organisation do . Cheltenham welcomes refugees, we work alongside the local charity who have responsibility from the home office to resettle vulnerable syrian families who are resettled from places where they have freed into cheltenham. How many syrian families do you have making their homes here . In cheltenham, about 30. They are settling in very well. Obviously, there are things that they need to engage with and learn, and be welcomed into. When they arrive, they are resettled into properties that the local council have found for them. Which are not under pressure from local people. They are two properties, maisonettes, not on the ground floor, without garden, normally. That local people are not too concerned about having. When the arrive, they are given facilities for learning english, connect with local schools for the children, doctors and all other infrastructure. You mentioned the importance of offering the right sort of accommodation that doesnt cause strain on the local population. We know that housing is a problem for some people in cheltenham. Property prices are above average. So how important is it to address the Housing Needs of the town . Very important, as it is all over the country. But particularly in this area for First Time Buyers and people dont have the deposit to pay for their home. What would you say to people who are concerned about having people who do come from another part of the world, with their lives were very different, their cultures were very different, their cultures were very different, their cultures were very different, and bringing them into a tone like cheltenham. very different, and bringing them into a tone like cheltenham. I can understand that. But there are 30 families out of a population of 45,000 or so. Very briefly, what are the party is offering that is of interest to you . For me, the local Lib Dem Council have been very organised and disciplined about focusing on offering properties not under pressure to local people, making people who are escaping war torn areas, fleeing from persecution, making them welcome in cheltenham. And i think that is a very good thing to do. Bill flynn, from cheltenham welcomes refugees, thank you for being with us this afternoon. Simon, i mentioned you can still take the medicinal waters. I think can still take the medicinal waters. Ithinki can still take the medicinal waters. I think i will bring you a bottle back as it will do you good check the label first thank you, maxine. We have some breaking news from the metropolitan police. They say that injuly 2015, metropolitan police. They say that in july 2015, the metropolitan police had received an allegation againstJeffrey Epstein and british women. It related to events outside the uk is an allegation to trafficking into london. The metropolitan police say they take concerns about exploitation seriously. Officers interviewed the complainant. Following that, it was clear that any investigation would be largely focused on activities and relationships outside the united kingdom. We therefore concluded the metropolitan police was not the appropriate authority to conduct inquiries in these circumstances and in november 2016, decision was made that this matter would not proceed toa that this matter would not proceed to a full criminal investigation. The statement says, in august 2019, following the death ofJeffrey Epstein, there was a review and the position remains unchanged. It says the metropolitan Police Service has liaised with other Law Enforcement organisations and has not received a formal request asking for assistance regarding this allegation. So this allegation goes back to 2015. The metropolitan police are saying it is out with their remit. We will bring you more on that later. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. A leading economic Research Group says Spending Plans for both the conservatives and labour dont add up, accusing them of presenting numbers that are not credible. Net migration falls to its lowest level for nearly six years driven by fewer people entering the country from the eu. Tensions escalate between china and the us after President Trump signs a bill supporting hong kongs pro democracy protesters. And coming up, breaking away black friday the communities encouraging people to buy less to stop them turning to loan sharks in the run up to christmas. In sport, the Europa League take centre stage with all eyes on the arsenal manager as they are without a victory in six. And just but there is an injury doubt for england. I will be back with more of the stories in ten minutes. Net migration has fallen to its lowest level in nearly six years. In the year tojune, 212,000 more people moved to the uk than left. The office for National Statistics says the figures are largely due to a fall in the number of people coming here from the eu to work. Our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw is here. I suppose we shouldnt be hugely surprised. Lets talk about the eu numbers first. They are striking. They are showing the net figure, so the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and eu citizens who are leaving britain to go back home. That has fallen to 48,000. That is the lowest number since 2003. Why is that date significant . Well, that was the year before that you expanded, with countries such as poland, the Czech Republic and hungary joining. Co