Finally 2 cannabis based medicines used to treat epilepsy a multiple sclerosis have been approved for use by the n.h.s. In England some campaign is he's been fighting for access to the drugs say it doesn't go quite far enough again will speak to a couple of people who might benefit from this later on in the show what a game last night or yesterday afternoon more accurately Chris lots of you enjoy it I really enjoyed it yeah Liverpool opening up an 8 point lead at the top of the Premier League not from their greatest rivals Manchester City but from less that in 2nd Chelsea in joint city after yesterday's defeat $31.00 to Liverpool now down in 4th place in the Premier League 9 points behind in the important thing to note is that the last teams the only teams that have been 8 or 9 points clear after 12 games have both gone on to win the Premier League title so Liverpool have taken a huge giant leap forward there was a big controversy there right around the 1st goal which came the 6th minute handball shout against Alexander Arnold the Liverpool defender he wasn't given a Liverpool round on the other end and went one nil up and actually if you see the reply perhaps it should have been given a listen to most of it yesterday bringing comment tree from John and the team that Pep Guardiola although he lost apparently wasn't unhappy with his team's performance on field we're playing incredible performance in the person so I don't know yet how many teams can come in and does that you can play the way we played it's only what I wanted and we did it enough and they are incredible as a champion you know a lot of quality. But we play we play cruel Well deflection tactics I think Quadea went up to the referee Michael Oliver and his assistants he shook them by the hand saying twice thank you so much thank you so much he was boiling with raw each but in his interview afterwards he refused to be drawn and he says look you need to speak to Mike Riley about v.a.r. Talk about it while we all get to talk about Vo we will and he sounded a bit like me how see after a weekend of shouting he clearly was going up a play to calm the sidelines but it was very entity. To listen to thank you Chris more on that and I hope that loads of people last night by asking the question is that the title race now decided Liverpool fans a known Liverpool fans up as an equal measure 26 games left Liverpool having lost in 29 Well thank you Chris more not to come will also bring out by the way Vincent Kompany is here on 5 packs popping by. To see events come and have a chat so he'll be here talking to us at about 20 past 8 this morning we're also bring you our daily election briefing and a couple of minutes time all the things you need to know from what happened over the weekend and what's coming up today so you off fully briefed for the day ahead that is to come but we're going to start with this breaking news story on steel 1st of all sure news coming through overnight about a deal to save British Steel Yes the 2nd time this year that we've actually set this. Back a few months ago we were talking about the the Turkish military pension fund which has big investments in in stale in Turkey and around the world but that deal fell through so better news today for these more than 4000 workers the British still better news for Scunthorpe the town as well where most of those were because this rescue deal with China's Ginia group set to be announced it's been agreed in principle to buy British Steel for 70000000 pounds it's understood the government is going to help in a form of loan guarantees or the financial support as well because British sailors been kept running by the government since May The company went into liquidation then and it's not just those 4000 people who are employed. Sots in Teesside as well but the 20000 jobs we've been talking about for months now in the supply chain as well so there's a bit more optimism this morning about a deal being done but then very quickly a bit like when the Turkish military pension fund was potentially going to take a question said to hang on who are these people who are taking over and and that is one obviously a Chinese can company at the moment in the way the trade is working around the world trade was between the u.s. And China still has been a big part of that trade war a lot of people might be saying you know what it what is the role in all this what do they really want so what is the processed from here than in order to kind of see this deal through to the end of all these to happen well the end of the day what this. Agree agreed in principle this is a lot of you know ours dotted taste crossed and after the experience we went through with the Turkish military pension fund where it is sort of like we'll let you have a look at the books and the so have to go through due diligence presume Yes Yes exactly and that kind of detail about how far down the line of Jew diligence we don't have yet but it is respected in the coming days that this deal will be announced and given everything that's going on in the Minetti e you would expect that the government wouldn't want to be pinning their themselves to a deal that could fall through again within a couple of weeks' time so it feels like there's a bit more optimism around this time but until the deal is done employees it's got the will know well that you can't be sure of anything right now we're talking about 4000 jobs that are potentially at risk yes now we can't say with any certainty that they will be saved because there's already talk about this company coming in and cutting costs absolutely I mean most companies when they buy another one you know they're looking to make efficiencies with the business that they already have and apparently the Financial Times has been reporting recovering this deal meal nearly been done for a week or so no there that they are promising to increase production at Scunthorpe from turned off 1000000 tons of steel each year to more than $3000000.00 and it's a big company around the world as $10000000000.00 pounds of revenues in steel tourism hotels property as well so yes there is there's still question marks over how the business will be run in the future but from the government running at the minute at a loss if this all gets done this is better news for employees certainly in the short term Sean thank you very much more reaction to that more details as we get them of course here on 5 Live It's 8 minutes past 6 this is b.b.c. Radio 5 Live on digital b.b.c. Sallis small speaker. And we do have a bit of travel news to tell you this morning Northamptonshire the m one southbound is disrupted there's an enclosed slow traffic due to a broken down van from Junction 18 for rugby. Junction 17 from Coventry The other thing just to bear in mind is that there is still an awful lot of standing water on the roads in those parts of the country which were affected by the floods or just do take care if you're out about early this morning. For news in the past large school this is b.b.c. 5 live by Dr Brett. Good morning it is the start of the 2nd week of the general election campaign so here's where we bring you up to date with everything you need to know from the weekend and what's happening today the last 24 hours have been dominated by a rout over the 2 main parties spending plans is the chancellor Sajid Javid every single thing in this is either come from Labor's own figures most of them actually over 50 percent of the costings of Labor's own figures the rest of them of either come from independent external sources and in some cases yes we have had to work them out ourselves in these things or I was in levels of spending 1.2 trillion Well it will be absolutely reckless that's the conservatives analysis of Labor's spending plans is a response from the shadow community Secretary Andrew Quinn we will have a fully costed manifesto in June cos when we launched that and the challenge is actually for the conservatives to fully cost their own money Festo Meanwhile today on Armistice Day both the Conservatives and Labor promising extra support for armed forces veterans more details are not to come Labor's also talking about mental health support for children in schools the Lib Dems have a big announcement on money for skills training which would potentially be available at different points in your life and the party have a press conference in hotly Paul there's some speculation that they may be under pressure to withdraw some candidates in order to prevent the Bracks it votes being split we'll talk to our political correspondent about all that in just a moment but let's rewind now to that row about Labor's spending plans made the front pages of several of Sunday's newspapers the conservatives were claiming that proposals announced by Labor would cost as you heard from the chancellor that 1.2. Trillion pounds over the next 5 years leaving the u.k. On the brink of bankruptcy now labor very quickly came out and called it fake news they haven't actually published their manifest yet what is the chances Sajid Javid challenged about this $100.00 ma show yesterday every single costing in this is either come from Labor's own figures most of them actually over 50 percent of the costings of Labor's own figures the rest of them of either come from independent external sources and in some cases yes we have have to work them out ourselves but we've done that in a reasonable way and we set out exactly in the document how we've done this you've assumed that everything that they have as an aspiration is going to happen right at the beginning of the loop on every single year so for instance the 4 day week is a suggestion that they're going to do this on day one which they're clearly not obvious putting to you've actually been very unfair on them they have in the past not only produced their spending plans but they've also said how they're going to raise the money in the so-called grey book and yet you haven't included in your numbers how they say they're going to fund their plans this is the true cost of course it's labor these are the numbers that John McDonald did not want you to see . And they're out there today there isn't every one you see she said of course course John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn aren't going to welcome these numbers they don't want to see this kind of transparency this is these these are I water in the levels of spending 1.2 trillion Well it will be absolutely reckless. Well that was the chancellor yesterday neighbors Andrew Green rejected those claims and he said that analysis was an absolute work of fiction this is an absolute work of fiction by the conservatives you can't trust a word that Johnson and his ministers say on this issue we will have a fully costed manifesto in June cos when we launched that and you know the challenge is actually for the conservatives to fully costs their own money Festo something they didn't do in 27 saying but let me make it very clear Andrew you know the Tories have form making up stories of telling mistruths this is one of those that can be filed in fiction next to the Ok images of Shadow Cabinet members not answering questions when actually they have answered questions fair do's but my question was What is the figure you must know what the figure is if it's not 1.2 trillion you are promising to spend a huge amount of money in all sorts of areas so what is the total figure well look that's still being finalized and well we don't know what the manifesto is going to be in its entirety but our money Fest 200 I give you this pledge will be fully costed that will be open transparency from the Labor Party let's speak to Jonathan Blake up a little correspondent about all of that and everything to come good morning Jonathan who won that round yesterday Well I think it was probably a score draw because to be honest if you want to test the party's plans for government and how much it's going to cost then the only way you can do that really is to look at exactly what they're going to promise to do when they get into government and how they say they're going to pay for it and neither Labor or the conservatives or any of the other parties at this stage in the campaign for that matter have done that yet yes the conservatives have tried to pull together everything that Labor has promised to do estimate how much they. I think it's going to cost but they've done that of course with a political agenda so when we're trying to work out exactly how much party's policies will cost the public purse as I say the only way we can really do that is to look at what they're promising and how they're going to pay for it and then test that independently we haven't been able to do that for Labor and the conservatives or any of the other parties yet what the Tories stunt will have done over the weekend is fuel the perception probably or by those who already are suspicious of a Labor Labor Government that it would cost too much and vice versa as well affirm the support of those potential Labor voters who do want to see the far reaching scale and scope of the spending plans that Labor has said it will put into play but a political back and forth as you heard there between the chancellor Sajid Javid and and you're going for Labor really arguing the toss about something the detail of which we're yet to see difficult to test it out properly genuinely when we don't have that detail as you say and away from the economy there were announcements about the health service and child care this weekend yes that's right conservatives saying they're going to deliver 6000 more doctors in general practice in England that will be by 2025 The aim being to increase the number of patient appointments they say that will reach the target they'll reach the target through adding additional doctors working in training and surgeries also recruiting more from overseas and we heard last week from the prime minister about the and h.s. Visa scheme as well and trying to make it easier and cheaper for workers to come and work in the n.h.s. From abroad so 5 adorable G.P.'s in England every year the Tories say if they win the election to help create millions more appointments for patients with more details on that his the health secretary cock the. Pressure on G.P.'s surgeries is something we absolutely must tackle you know I know just how frustrating it can be when you need to go to the g.p. And it's hard to get an appointment just on the hearth of people who need to see their g.p. Or somebody else in the practice see them on the same day. Labor in the Liberal Democrats also talked about childcare and the general election campaigns Labor says it would spend 1000000000 pounds opening a 1000 new Sure Start centers the Liberal Democrats say they'd subsidize child care from the age of 9 months is the Lib Dems leader Joseph Winston are all friends that disadvantaged children don't fall behind their peers by the time you start school investing in those early years is the best way to narrow the gap between rich and poor children we will transform child care so every family and every child can thrive the s.n.p. Called for the national minimum wage to be the same for young people as it is for those over 25 and what about today big announcements on support for veterans Yes very unusually Armistice Day falling within the election campaign so the Conservatives and Labor both focusing on the Armed Forces of the Tories big promise is a change in the law to prevent what they describe as unfair legal action against armed forces veterans that would involve amending the Human Rights Act So it didn't apply to things that happened before the year 2000 they've also guaranteed job interviews for public sector roles for those men and women who've come out of the armed forces but a child care for armed forces families and tax breaks for employers taking on people who've left the armed forces as well Labor focusing on pay and conditions pointing out that salaries for some of the lowest level jobs in the armed forces have been forming in real terms since 2010 so they say they'd redress that get rid of the public sector pay cap is well and improve housing for families living in the armed forces as well and what about the announcement on skills training from the letdowns this is a 10000 pounds skills while it is the Lib Dems call it it's effectively an allowance of money that will be available to people at various points in their adult life from the age of 25 and up that could be spent on training and adult education the Lib Dems business spokes person Sam gene. Saying that people often need to develop new skills but the cost of doing that shuts too many people out and they say they pay for this by restoring a cut in corporation tax taking it back up to 20 percent and Jonathan some suggestion that the Bracks it Party is under a lot of pressure to possibly withdraw some candidates because of concern for BRICs it is that their presence will split the Bracks it vote yeah we've seen a bit of this in the 1st week of the campaign you know Nigel Ferrars the breaks that party leaders strategy was was clear if the other parties didn't join with him in what he wanted to be a leave alliance to negotiate a better deal in his eyes or leave the e.u. Without one he would stand candidates in England Scotland Wales in every seat well the party still attempting to do that officially at least what we've seen several drop out over the last few days raising concerns along the lines of what you said there Rachel that in marginal seats it breaks it Party candidates stand they will take votes away from the conservatives and then allow a Labor candidate to win that seat by default if you like and one of the latest to do so is Elaine Adams who was a Brics it Party candidates in Telford who has said that she does not want to stand to split the vote in a marginal constituency she says we can allow the Labor Party into power by default the BRICs a party in Niger Ferrars have done so much to change politics for good so there may well be more that follow her thank you very much Jonathan Blake up political correspondent and if you will feeling a little tired at the prospect of 5 weeks of campaigning spare a thought for voters in Spain they just had their 2nd general election this year their 4th in as many years it's added in a hung parliament the socialists led by the acting prime minister Petra Sanchez won those seats with the right wing popular party coming 2nd and Mr Sanchez will call of the party leaders today to try to form a government now there's much more news and analysis of course across the b.b.c. Throughout the day on t.v. On your radio on your. Small speaker on the b.b.c. News website the reality check team a standing by to scrutinize the pledges made and online now you can find the latest election cost at the site 6 trying to cross Halla by after all that has got the energy to talk about who the next ball I could give you a little later but it was to be fair we said on Friday there was every danger here wasn't that this could be really kind of tight and sort of tense nil nil draw it wasn't that wasn't it wasn't and credit to match city actually for setting out early to go and win the game they looked like they were going to be the dominant force up until the 6th minute in this game which we'll get into where there was a ham Bowl shout against Alexander Arnold it wasn't given Liverpool went down the other end and scored the opening goal and even then City were playing some of the better football up until about half time then Liverpool took control but yes a 31 win for Liverpool over city has clumps Liverpool 8 points clear in the Premier League 9 clear of city and eyeing a 1st English league title for 30 years I. 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