Up to 4,500 jobs are at risk at energy firm npower, as a Restructuring Plan is announced. The met police is to pay the former mp, harvey proctor, £900,000 in compensation and legal costs. He was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. Mr bartley is ready and waiting to answer your questions and a study on smartphones finds a quarter of young people good morning. Welcome to the bbc news at nine. The conservatives have complained to the broadcasting regulator about channel 4, accusing it of bias and of a political stunt. The broadcaster replaced borisjohnson with an Ice Sculpture, when he declined to take part in a debate about Climate Change last night. The brexit partys nigel farage also stayed away, and was replaced by a sculpture, but five other Party Leaders took part. Lets get more with our political correspondent, helen catt. Good morning. So the conservatives trying to push the focus onto channel 4 with this letter to 0fcom about what they call a stunt. But thatis about what they call a stunt. But that is not blocking out the accusations that borisjohnson is avoiding scrutiny . No, its not. There have been disputes about Television Debates and who exactly should appear in them over the last few elections, ever since they became a big thing in 2010. Because there are not hard and fast rules as to what debates should happen and who should be there on the stage, what is particularly interesting about this row is this idea that afterwards conservative sources had suggested they might review channel 4s public broadcasting remote. And that has been interpreted by some as a threat. Conservative sources to point out that its licence needs to be reviewed in the next parliament anywhere, whoever is in government. But they have sent this letter to 0fcom, this complaint. The education secretary, gavin williamson, said the broadcaster channel 4 should have allowed michael gove to stand the Prime Minister is very much engaged in a whole range of debates. Hes been on itv, hes going to be on another one. Hes hoping to be on andrew marr at the weekend as well. So theres an awful lot of opportunity to have a debate, ask the Prime Minister questions, but theres only so much time that he has in order to be able to do them all. As you said, at the heart of this is the idea of scrutiny and how much anyone who is standing for Prime Minister should put themselves forward for. And what type. You heard some of the things Boris Johnson has been doing there, from gavin williamson. He has been criticised for not agreeing so far toa criticised for not agreeing so far to a forensic 30 minute interview with andrew neil, which other Party Leaders have done, which is a different thing. Labour say he is running scared. He thinks, like, you know, his Bullingdon Club friends, that theyre above the rest of us, that they dont need to be held to account, they dont need to be treated like the rest of us. And so what hes doing now is, hes avoiding hes running scared because he knows that andrew neil will take him apart. Hes running scared. Borisjohnson did Boris Johnson did agree borisjohnson did agree to the first ever debate with jeremy borisjohnson did agree to the first ever debate withjeremy corbyn on itv last week. We will see them again in the head to 0k, helen, thank you very much for that. Helen kat, our political correspondent. We are going to have much more on todays general election topics throughout the day on bbc news. Beginning right now with salford and Nicky Campbell in the five live studio for a special your questions answered with Green Party Co leaderJonathan Bartley. Welcome to this special Election Programme on 5 live and the bbc news channel. We are giving you the chance to put your question to Jonathan Bartley, chance to put your question to jonathan ba rtley, the chance to put your question to Jonathan Bartley, the co leader of the green party. 0ver Jonathan Bartley, the co leader of the green party. Over the next hour we will be hearing questions from listeners on 5 live your call, taking questions submitted online and via social media to your questions answered on the bbc. You can get in touch when we are on the air. And we are also giving you the chance to e mail your questions. They have no answer to the question of what they would do. And apologies. We are clearly having some technical issues at the moment. You are hearing a clip of Boris Johnson rather than the studio in sa lfo rd. Johnson rather than the studio in salford. I am told we can go back there now. And apparently we cantjust there now. And apparently we cant just yet. Those technical problems continue. Let me remind you that we are hoping to rejoin Nicky Campbell in salford for that special question and answer session with jonathan for that special question and answer session withJonathan Bartley, co leader of the green party. It is one of a series of similar 0 and as that we have been doing with Party Political leaders during this election campaign, part of our extensive coverage during the election campaign, with just two weeks to go until the vote in december. Of course, the main story to date so far is that the conservatives have complained to the broadcasting regulator about channel 4, accusing it of bias, pulling a political stunt. This was because the broadcaster replaced Boris Johnson with an Ice Sculpture when declined to take part in a Climate Change debate last night. Nigel farage was also not there but five other Party Leaders were. In turn, the conservatives have been accused of trying to avoid scrutiny. All the while questions remain over whether borisjohnson will while questions remain over whether Boris Johnson will take part while questions remain over whether borisjohnson will take part in an interview with the bbcs andrew neil. We do hope to be able to get to salford, to 5 live, very soon. Now one of the days of the main stories. The families of those who died in the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster have reacted angrily, after a jury cleared the match commander on the day of gross negligence manslaughter. It had been alleged David Duckenfield had a personal responsibility for what happened, as our correspondent Judith Moritz reports. David duckenfield has been a blame figure for 30 years. In charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. But that he failed isnt in dispute. But his trial ended with him not guilty verdict and with tea rs him not guilty verdict and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people were found to have been unlawfully killed killed two criminal standard by an inquest jury. Somebody has got to be held responsible for 96 deaths. The families have struggled to reconcile the two Different Court processes they have gone through. The crown court jury they have gone through. The crown courtjury did not accept the prosecution case that David Duckenfields failings was were so duckenfields failings was were so exceptionally bad they were a substantial cause of the disaster. It comes four years after an inquest jury it comes four years after an inquest jury found the 96 were unlawfully killed. Who put the 96 in their graves . Who is accountable for 96 unlawfully killed 7 what graves . Who is accountable for 96 unlawfully killed . What a disgrace. This has been today. For the last seven this has been today. For the last seve n yea rs this has been today. For the last seven years hundreds of detectives have been gathering evidence into hillsborough. 0peration result is the longest ever criminal investigation in england. The hillsborough families say over 30 yea rs hillsborough families say over 30 years opportunities have been missed to prosecute the full number of people at the institutions which could have been held responsible for the disaster. With this trial the jurors only had one man to consider. And they werent willing to make him solely responsible for the deaths. 96 men, women and children were killed. The youngest aged ten, the old est killed. The youngest aged ten, the oldest a pensioner. In 2016, the hillsborough families sang to celebrate the unlawful killing finding at the inquests. But the 30 year journey of this finding at the inquests. But the 30 yearjourney of this disaster has taken many yearjourney of this disaster has ta ken many twists yearjourney of this disaster has taken many twists and turns, patience and sympathy tested again and again. David duckenfield has been on trial three times, including a private prosecution brought by the family is 19 years ago. There is some finality on todays verdict. It means no one will be jailed for so many lives lost. Judith moritz, bbc news. We can now cross live back to salford where Nicky Campbell is putting your questions to Green Party Co leader Jonathan Bartley. There is a pending investigation, so i cant really comment on that if thats ok. Im not trying to cop out. No, no. That is kind of understandable but i thought i would throw that one in. I do think it is important for politicians to walk the talk. What has happened with the protests is a massive outcry saying politicians have let us down right across the board come across every party, for not taking the action. This is an emergency. I dont think that came across last night as much as it should have. We have to act now. We are seeing the consequences in extreme weather events around the world. Let mejust in extreme weather events around the world. Let me just welcome back the bbc news channel. We had some technical problems. We lost you for a while. We are speaking to the co leader of the green party, Jonathan Bartley. Lots of things to talk about. Thank you, josh. That was a great start. Really interesting. Ive good weekend. Lets go to ed, a former new exeter, to talk about meat and dairy. How are you doing . Good morning. I would like to ask how much you your proposed meat and dairy tax would be . We are proposing a carbon tax right across the economy. For agriculture what we are doing is ring fencing the proceeds from that tax and putting it back into agriculture to support farmers in order to make the transition. We know that we are going to have to change agriculture. And we want to protect farmers as much as possible in that a change that we are going to make. What we are being very, very clear. There would be an increase, an improvement in the quality of meat, for example, but there would be an increase in the price of meat. A cheeseburger is 99p now. What would it be . We dont know exactly how much those costs would be absorbed by the supermarkets, for example, so its very hard. We are talking p rather than pounds. A big mac might go to 1. 20 else something . I cant tell you. It depends how much the supermarkets can absorb in terms of price. We want to make sure farmers are protected so they can transition and their livelihoods are protected. They can move to organic farming. We want to have more Small Holding revolution in terms of farming, more support for local farmers who are doing organic methods in their farming. Farmers who are doing organic methods in theirfarming. And get away from the Big Industrial model offarming. Away from the Big Industrial model of farming. This is a big transition. Its very hard to put actualfigures on it transition. Its very hard to put actual figures on it until we see the policy and action. What we are saying is that we will make sure thatis saying is that we will make sure that is ring fenced so the money goes back into farming and the farmers dont lose out. Some cause for concern for many consumers listing right now, thinking about feeding theirfamilies. Listing right now, thinking about feeding their families. Ed, listing right now, thinking about feeding theirfamilies. Ed, does that concern you or fill you with hope . It does concern me. Im an organic livestock farmer. Looking through the manifesto yesterday from the green party, they talk several times about encouraging sustainable organic mixed forms the key pivot for me with my farm is the livestock that i run. We are carbon negative. Not even Carbon Neutral, according to my calculations. We are absorbing more carbon and yet to tax us on the very livestock which allow us to do that, or to tax the consumer, seems to be wrong. The encouragement for local, extensively growing grass read grass fed meat should be prioritised and imported intensively reared livestock is really where the hitch should be. I am reared livestock is really where the hitch should be. Lam in reared livestock is really where the hitch should be. I am in favour appealing people eating less and good quality meat but that is where the emphasis should be. If we are going to have a sustainable system, we have to have livestock within that. Grass fed meat, there was a bone of contention, if i may, pardon the pun, and the Leaders Debate on the pun, and the Leaders Debate on the environment last night. Adam price, of course, coming from wales, a lot of had a lot of his constituents and supporters and people in wales in mind when he said, look, you can actually do this well. Pasture doesnt necessarily need to be bad for the environment. What is your view . We are proposing support forfarmers what is your view . We are proposing support for farmers like it. What is your view . We are proposing support forfarmers like it. We agree we have to make that transition from a less meat based diet toa transition from a less meat based diet to a cheaper, more organic meat and supporting that. It is the Big Industrial farming and a widespread scale that is causing the environmental damage. Are you going to plant trees on those pastures . Yes, we are talking about a big move towards ag roforestry. Yes, we are talking about a big move towards agroforestry. We will see a 10 increase in forestation across the uk. We know that we are going to need a lot more wood for sustainable building. Are you going to be putting 700 Million Trees on eds farm . I am watching your back here come out. We are going to support the farmers like it. It is the kind of farmer we want to support. We wa nt to ta ke of farmer we want to support. We want to take a lot of that land, which is low grade land, and plant trees on it to increase our forestation and that i farmers to move and make a switch may be away from or meat production towards ag roforestry. From or meat production towards agroforestry. And allow farmers. The money goes right back to the farmers to make that transition and secure the position of farming. That was interesting. Does agroforestry interest you . Was interesting. Does agroforestry interest you . I have got mixed feelings. I can see the benefits. If the timber is used for construction, as was suggested, that carbon remains locked up. But as soon as that tree is either burned for fuel, or is allowed to rot down, then the carbon is allowed to go back into the atmosphere again. At least if it is livestock producing pasture, the carbon is locked into the soil and remains in the soil. There is room for both. Certainly a lot more Tree Planting would be good. I am also concerned that where we listen to low grade land being planted in trees, very often these are the guys in the upland areas where, they really are struggling. That is the perfect area in many respects for good pasture and livestock rearing. In the same way that we are on low lands that have a tendency to flood, harvesting would do more damage to the ground rather than having livestock. I think it is part of the answer. But i do think that red meat is being demonised unfairly. Really interesting. We will move it on. Thank you again for that. Sofia and bath. Good morning. Hello. I wholeheartedly believe that the green party takes the life threatening severity of the achar logical crisis seriously. But in my constituency it is between labour and conservative historically, specifically jacob and conservative historically, specificallyjacob rees mogg. And conservative historically, specifically jacob rees mogg. I wonder what the green party be willing to form some kind of coalition with labour if this meant getting a majority and getting the tories out, essentially . Thank you. The pressure on all assault to hold our noses and vote tactically is immense. Probably bigger at this election then we have ever seen it before. In the last election we did stand down in a number of seats for labour. We reached out to them. It has been a continual. I will be honest, it has been a continual disappointment to make moves but get no reciprocation whatsoever. We want to see how we could support labour ina minority to see how we could support labour in a minority government, to hold their feet to the fire, to make them bolder and more radical than they are, particularly on climate. Hold their feet to the fire is a well chosen phrase, isnt it . When you think about what is happening to forests across the world. We are seeing climate breakdown across the world. Coming back to sofias point, we wa nt world. Coming back to sofias point, we want to work constructively where there is Common Ground with other parties. But for example, where labour wont embrace electoral for, what they are doing is lining up another tory government. We do need to see labour embrace a less tribal way of working with othe