the same view there, but what i've witnessed, especially over the last couple of years is a complete change, getting rid of what i would call the loony left, where extreme socialist policies, rather than creating a wealthy britain. tell me about the courtship between the billionaire and the socialist, between you and keir starmer. i don't know whether i would call it a courtship, to be honest. my thoughts on labour historically were very negative, and what i've seen now, the more and more i've looked at labour, is a transformation. is this going to be the first time you'll have voted labour? first time in 51 years, yes, and honestly it took a lot of me soul searching. because i guess you voted for the conservatives a lot in the past, is that right? yes, and it wasn't really because it was the conservative party, it's conservative principles i believe in. what, in your view, has gone wrong for the conservatives, is rishi sunak a dud? 0h, absolute dud. all the criticisms that i made of rishi during his chancellorship i think were pretty much evidenced in the d—day situation, a complete lack ofjudgment. are you going tojoin the labour party? will you consider giving money to them in the way you have to the conservatives in the past? the labour party, in my estimation, as much i disagree with some of the policies, are the absolute very best for britain going forward. it is quite possible i might support them financially if they needed it next time round, if i think they have done an amazing job. nice to talk to you, and thanks for having us. chris mason, bbc news in mayfair. let's speak our correspondence very thoroughly. he let's speak our correspondence very thorou . hl . , let's speak our correspondence very thorou~hl . , ., let's speak our correspondence very thorou~hl . , . ~ ., thoroughly. he is a well-known billionaire _ thoroughly. he is a well-known billionaire for _ thoroughly. he is a well-known billionaire for founding - thoroughly. he is a well-known billionaire for founding the - thoroughly. he is a well-known - billionaire for founding the company phones for you. saying in the last few minutes, keir starmer saying that business backs change in the economic stability with labour. he should be transparent that it was him who invited chris mason to go interviewjohn caldwell and i think obviously it plays into labour—mack�*s message, we've been hearing throughout the campaign, they are the ones offering economic stability, wooing business leaders, rachel reeves the shadow chancellor holding multiple breakfasts with city figures, so this i suppose is part of their wider campaign to pitch themselves as the party of economic credibility, the conservatives obviously argue that they are offering more than £17 billion worth of tax cuts and they are ones that can offer an economically sound way forward. i suppose this is part of the campaign, what we see in an election is trying to win around business leaders and john caldwell a significant figure for the labour party to have backing them. interesting, and harry, more widely on the campaign today, but would —— what should we keep an eye on? labour is focusing on their economic message, isuppose labour is focusing on their economic message, i suppose thejohn caldwell interview and the announcement that fits into that, rishi sunak was down in devon, we talked about where the party figures are going and what that says about how they feel the campaign is going. rishi sunak in one of his visits today was in a very safe conservative seat with a majority of around 25,000, so i think that potentially gives you a little hint, a little window into the concern within conservative headquarters about what the polls are looking, if rishi sunak sees that it's a good use of his time to be visiting seats like that, he's been talking about farming today, about the measures that are in the conservative manifesto for farming, and as i've said as much as what the concern, what the politicians are saying it's important to look at where they are saying them and i think that was particularly enlightening example today. harry, the ureat enlightening example today. harry, the great stuff. _ enlightening example today. harry, the great stuff, thanks _ enlightening example today. harry, the great stuff, thanks for - enlightening example today. harry, the great stuff, thanks for that. - let's take a look at how the parties have been campaigning today, starting with rishi sunak, who was in devon. he held a news conference in a barn, with an audience of farmers — standing on a stage made of bales of hay. here's a little of what he had to say. i know the last couple of years have been tough, they've been tough for all of you, they've been tough for everyone. but we have now turned a corner thanks to everyone's resilience and sacrifice. inflation down, the economy growing, wages rising, right? the future is there for us. if we get this right at this election, if you put me back in downing street, i can deliver for all of you. we're going to do the big bold things that are necessary. we've got a whole plan that is working and more importantly than all of that, my values are your values. and we will build a country founded on those values of opportunity, of aspiration, of security, that is what all of us believe and that is what i can deliver for all of you. for labour, sir keir starmer was in berkshire. his key message today — every fight is an individual fights in an individual constituency where every single vote matters. he was also asked what his party would do to help the uk's hospitality industry. well, look, i think it is important that we support hospitality and the beer duty as part of the package that i'm glad to support whatever rachel has said, but this part of the challenge for small businesses whether it's hospitality, whether its retail we've just been talking about, that's why i'm really pleased today to be unveiling our plan, for supporting small businesses, for supporting high streets to make sure that more people are out using those small businesses on their high street. it's all part of our manifesto which is a manifesto for wealth creation, for growth and making sure that people genuinely feel better off with labour. scotland's first minister, john swinney, was in 0ban today. he is still predicting a labour victory — and called on the party to commit to abolishing the two—child benefit cap if the party wins power. what is happening just now is that it is abundantly clear that the labour party is going to win the election in england and they will have a mandate to do bold and dramatic things. but they are not going to choose to do that, because they are not going to choose to lift the limit on bankers bonuses. the scottish government is keeping 100,000 children out of poverty already using our own resources and the tax changes we have made. as for the liberal democrats, their leader, sir ed davey, was in south london, taking some time out to make some jam. he also later threw a frisbee—style disc around in hampshire — and said his party would help lower the rate of immigration — by paying people working in the health and care sector more. the conservatives cut tax on big banks, we want to reverse those tax cuts. we want to take it back to where it was in 2016. that raises £45 billion, that will be a big part of our, funding our package. we are also saying that capital gains tax which is paid by a very small number of people can we need to reform it so actually small number of people, we need to reform it so actually there are capital gains tax cuts for some people who pay it, but for the very richest, the billionaires, the multimillionaires who are paying a lower tax rate on their capital gains than many people pay on their income, we want to change that. and that's just fair and it raises significant amounts of money. the co—leader of the greens has been pressed on his party's pledges during an appearance on bbc radio five live. adrian ramsay argued the party's tax policies have been fully costed, insisting that it had been �*developed in consultation with a range of experts'. he was also asked by a listener about nuclear power, and if he thought it was a viable option for the uk to achieve net—zero. here's his response. there is a very practical question we need to answer which is that we have an energy security challenge and the climate emergency and both of those issues are urgent. the question is, in terms of the money that needs to go in and the time it takes, what form of energy will give you the biggest return most quickly? the huge public subsidies that new nuclear stations take means that if you put that money instead into renewable energy and measures to reduce our energy use, insulation of homes, for example, that would have a far bigger impact far more quickly in putting us into a more energy security situation and reducing our carbon footprint. the conservatives and labour are in dispute about the tory manifesto's costings. labour claims there is a £12 billion hole in the conservative sums because the party's welfare reforms have already been factored into official forecasts. here's bbc verify�*s ben chu. the conservatives have claimed they'd be able to save £12 billion as a result of measures they have announced in their manifesto. and it's these savings which they say would help enable them to pay for their tax cuts. but labour is saying that the welfare measures in the tory manifesto have already been announced as government policy, and factored in by the government's official forecaster when setting it's baseline for public�*s money. the upshot according to labour, there's a hole of at least £12 billion in the tory manifesto's costings, which means there are some stone add up. the prime minister has rejected that as untrue, so who is right, the tories were labour? the answer is that both are being somewhat misleading. now, some of the welfare measures in the tory manifesto were previously announced. including... to encourage people back to work. and these were scored by the 0bra and projected to increase employment. labour has a point there. some of the tory manifesto welfare measures were not scored, including for note reform, accelerating the roll—out of universal credit and reforming access to disability benefits. so the conservatives are correct on that point and labour are wrong. however, this could all benefit from some context. the institute for fiscal studies says the financial impact of these first two policies, if successfully enacted, would likely be pretty small in the context of £12 billion of targeted welfare savings. the imf as says that one potentially significant conservative welfare policy that has not been scored by the 0bra, the tory manifesto pledge to reform disability benefits, troop disability benefits, troop disability benefits, troop disability benefit payments are projected to rise sharply over the coming parliament due to the worsening of the population's health, from around £39 billion to £58 million in 2029. and most of this increase as you can see, is accounted for by rising personal independence payment payouts which is shown in red here. this ability and face difficulty in doing everyday tasks. recipients can be in work. so if the conservative plan to reform disability benefits could prevent this rise in personal independence payouts, they would roughly achieve the £12 billion in savings relative to the current spending baseline they are targeting. but how feasible is that? the tory manifesto, that pledges a more objective assessment of people's needs and proposing a clampdown on personal independence payment being made with people with mental health problems. and it doesn't give more detail, it will be far easier said than done and as we pointed out previously on verify, ministers have targeted big cuts in welfare before, cuts which have not ultimately materialised in full. that was been speaking to my colleague anita earlier. so — party leaders are crisscrossing the uk, but away from the many campaign events, what are voters making of it all? to find out what matters most to you ahead of the vote next month we're in constituencies all over the uk hearing what you have to say, and today my colleague anna foster is in bradford, west yorkshire, in the constituency of bradford west. lister park is absolutely beautiful, and this is just a tiny corner but it looks at its finest with people out and enjoying the weather, not usually sunny but it is not raining which is a good start. we're in the centre of bradford and we're going to talk about the younger generations. how much is it cutting through to people who are may be voting for the first time at this time around? we have a couple of guests. you are three very socially aware young people and you get involved and you volunteer in the community. you were the youngest person to be honoured on the king's honours birthday list, so congratulations. this feeds into the election, so what do young people in bradford need and want from politicians? they need more opportunities, somewhere to go and feel safe, and they don't need the funding to go to buildings looking nice, but for buildings to have actually something for people to go to, a safe space, that is what young people need, to get off the streets, to have activities and people to look up to, to do speeches, and activities. so people especially your age, slightly younger, theyjust don't have things to do? that leads into opportunities for later life and jobs and all of these things. it really affects you as a person so if i did not do the opportunities i have, i would not be as confident as i am. you are nodding through part of that. now we know what young people want, what you are hearing from the election, is that what is being promised? do you feel that young people are not really being targeted? i don't feel younger people are being targeted. if we look in bradford, there is a lack of opportunity and there is a mistrust in the police and there is the huge problem of county lines. to get out of this kind of life, in generaljust wanting to be someone, it is not there, and we're crying for help but we're not getting it. we're trying as best we can to get through day to day because people are struggling and we do not want people to struggle. we don't want them and do not fall into a life of crime and a life of a lack of opportunities so these other things we're not really seeing from the parties, who we thought were for the people by the people, so this needs to be worked on. what do you think the politicians could do better to actually speak to young people and to get those messages across? sometimes watching the tv news, it does not always cut across to people? one of the good things to do would be to target what they are doing in terms of policies and areas of focus, and i work at a community foundation of bradford city, and our research in our project, we're getting a lot of things about lack of opportunity, and mistrust in police and drugs problems and county lines, and if young people do not have these opportunities, and if things are not there they want to see, extracurricular activities, safety, more patrols, whatever it might be, that needs to be provided but if that was there may be young people would feel their voices are heard and one way to get your voice heard is by voting. a lot of young people do not feel bothered but you should feel empowered to get out there and to cast your vote and to feel as though your voice is heard and you do have power to change things if you are not happy with how they are. you have something else to say? today is the last day to vote. that is a pretty powerful message. i wanted to say how do we expect young people to get what they want if they are not involved in the area at the top? — we have a lot of young people in parliament but in little places. inaudible. bradford has no young people to represent them on the issues they want. young people can go to some places in bradford, and they can go to speak about the issues, and they can speak to the people in charge, and we need young people to have the confidence, and to get people out because nothing will be handed to you. you are doing a good job of raising the awareness, or three of you, so thanks forjoining us. it is worth saying, this constituency at the moment, bradford west, you can see a list on your screen of the candidates standing in this particular constituency. you can go on the bbc news website and input your postcode and see a list of the people you can vote for in your constituency. the russian president vladimir putin had been expected to arrive in north korea on tuesday — we've finally received these pictures of him arriving. it's the first time he has been to pyongyang since the year 2000. we rely on pictures from various state news agencies. there is some editing before those pictures reach us. full disclosure, this looks like.... we were given specific times on when and where it would all take place. as the red carpet is rolled out there. it's seen as an important symbol of the relationship between russia and north korea. the relationship based on swapping of arms going to russia in its war with ukraine. an aide in technology going in the other direction. the specific relationship of that nature has been denied by both countries. we wait as these pictures come to us here. we're waiting to see if vladimir putin has actually arrived or not. these pictures, jesse north korea. there you go. claire is latimer putin getting off the plane. the two men didn't meet last year but that was in russia not in north korea. this is the first time vladimir putin has set foot in north korea for the show 2a years since he has beenin for the show 2a years since he has been in the country. that handshake and embrace has been criticised by the us, by ukraine. basically refuelling in ukraine. that is a national concern raised about this relationship. although ukraine describing it as the so relationship. although ukraine describing it as the— relationship. although ukraine describing it as the so they you get the idea, describing it as the so they you get the idea. plenty — describing it as the so they you get the idea, plenty more _ describing it as the so they you get the idea, plenty more pictures - describing it as the so they you get | the idea, plenty more pictures have come into us and we will keep across those pictures and we'll bring you the latest a little bit later. as part of our election coverage, the bbc wants to better understand what matters most to you, the voters. we're running a project called your voice, your vote — and it's all about listening to you during the election campaign we're running a project called your voice, your vote — and it's all about listening to you during the election campaign and answering the questions you send us. our analysis editor ros atkins looks at some of those questions now on the topic of political donations. you've been sending questions and comments on the election. the way to get in touch is bbc your voice at bbc.co.uk. this time we're looking at donations to political parties. the first question relates to the businessman and conservative donor, frank hester. earlier this year he was accused of making racist comments about labour's diane abbott. mr hester apologised for making rude comments but said his remarks had nothing to do with diane abbott's gender nor colour of skin. now, nigel from sussex contacted us about mr hester asking is the government morally obliged to reveal the level of donations and the donors prior to the election? well, first, political donations go to parties or individual politicians, not to the government. party donations are regulated and published by the electoral commission, and parties on a national level must report any donations and loans over £11,180 and the donor in each case to but also applies if several smaller amounts from the same donor too. that also applies if several smaller amounts from the same donor crossed this threshold. normally, the electoral commission releases details of this every three months, but during the general election campaign, this data is published weekly. some was released on friday, showing that labour raised £926,000 in the first week of the campaign, the conservatives raised £574,000. to put that in context, here are the donations in the first three months of this year. the conservatives accepted the most just under £9 million. more than half of that was from frank hester�*s company. next, here's a comment from andrew in shropshire, who says receiving money from a foreign government is dangerous to democracy and is unpatriotic. please get the candidate to state where their funding comes from. well, andrew, it's illegal for parties or candidates to take donations from foreign governments more broadly under uk law. there are rules on who a party or candidate can take donations from, but donations over £500 political parties must check the donor is uk registered either on the electoral register or as a company trade union or as a company, trade union or other organisation. candidates have the same rules, but the threshold is lower. anything over £50 must be disclosed. and then this is greg in sheffield, asking will any party ban lobbying or political donations from lobbyists? well, greg, there's no prospect of this. lobbying has long been part of the uk's democracy, and lobbyists can donate like any individual or company. none of the major parties want a ban on lobbyists. some, though, do suggest reforms to how political donations are working overall. the lib dems want a cap on donations. the greens want to introduce state funding of political parties to reduce dependence on donations. labour says it wants to strengthen the rules around donations, but no ban is being suggested either on lobbying or donations. thank you very much indeed for all your questions. if you want to get in touch about the election, the email is bbc your voice at bbc.co.uk. scotland fans have begun arriving in the german city of cologne ahead the team's match against switzerland in the euros tomorrow. it's a crucial match after scotland lost their opening game against germany on friday. here's jane dougall. the tartan army on the roads again. scotland fans have earned a reputation for bringing the party to these euros... ..much to the confusion of those who watched them lose heavily to germany just a few days ago. but among the party atmosphere, there's a whiff of cynicism here in cologne. many hoping they've left the baggage of that first defeat behind them. sorry. it's a speed bump. don't you worry. i think, you know, with scotland, you never quite know what you're going to get. that's not what and i don't know what they're going to. _ win, easy. the fans are arriving here in their numbers as expected. but because of that result against germany and possibly the weather, the mood is a touch more subdued than previously. however, they and the squads are still optimistic. they need to be. this was the first of five goals germany put past them. scotland need to change a lot ahead of their match against switzerland. the manager gives me the opportunity to play on wednesday and it's got to play on wednesday night it's got to be a completely new version of myself and the team as a whole. now i've got top players that are in the team, but so to be in it, it's up to us to ensure that it's been in. scotland can recover from that figurative bloody nose against germany. but french captain kylian mbappe might not be so lucky after his literal nose break. he collided with an austrian defender during their win last night. the world cup winner won't need surgery, but if he plays in france's next match on friday, he'll wear a protective mask. despite that, france can now breathe easy. scotland needs to improve or they'll blow their chances of staying in the euros. of staying in the euros. that's it, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. i know the last couple of years have been tough. they've been tough for all of you, they've been tough for everyone, but we have now turned a corner thanks to everyone's resilience and sacrifice — inflation down, the economy growing, wages rising. the future is there for us. it's a straight choice — more of the chaos and division and failure that we've had over the last 14 years, because they're not going to change, or turn the page and start to rebuild our country with labour. all the criticisms that - i made of rishi during his chancellorship i think were - pretty much evidenced in the d—day situation, where... a complete lack ofjudgment. a big blow for the prime minister. billionairejohn caudwell — the founder of phones au who gave the conservatives half a million pounds before the last general election — has told the bbc he will vote labour for the first time in his life next month. that announcement follows a new projection that predicts labour are heading for a landslide cvictory, with dozens of tory—held seats now on a knife edge.
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