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labour leader sir keir starmer will reaffirm his commitment to the uk's nuclear deterrent, describing labour as the party of national security. he says keeping britain safe should be the "bedrock" of any government. the liberal democrat deputy leader daisy cooper will outline plans to give rivers and coastlines protected status to prevent water companies getting away with "environmental vandalism". and snp leaderjohn swinney has called for a "respectful" contest — ahead of the scottish leaders' first television debate of the campaign. let's speak to our chief political corresponden...

Idea that everyone living in london is living the life of riley. Has prizes are driving people out . I wa nt prizes are driving people out . I want a government that deals with Employment Issues for the whole country. In former Mining Communities that have high levels of unemployment, deprivation, iwant communities that have high levels of unemployment, deprivation, i want a Labour Government and a National Investment bank and invest in those communities and bring hope and opportunity is for those people just as much as i want to conquer homelessness on the streets of london, birmingham or man...

Halve your risk of getting cancer and Heart Disease. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Left out of the lions squad but still leading his country. Dylan hartley will captain the England Party for their tour of argentina this summer. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has said he will stand up for ordinary working people, as he attacked big business and the elite in his first major speech of the general Election Campaign. Casting thejune 8th vote as a fight between the establishment and the people, mr corbyn said a cosy cartel ran a rigged sys...

Largest number of seats, the lib dem accounts are second and they have been involved in a power—sharing coalition over the past year but there was a bit of a disagreement just recently about power—sharing of the leadership. currently, the greens and labour run the council in coalition and lib democrats are the opposition. but they are very strong here and putting all of their resources to getting this seat. we saw ed davey visit here just last week. there is a real debate. lewes likes to be quite a rebellious place. it is famous for its bonfire night celebration and we have seen many a pol...

Adam in sussex and andrew sinclair, political editor for bbc east. lucinda, let's talk a little bit about lewes. tell me what the key battleground is in lewes. what are signs pointing towards in terms of the lib dems taking the seat back? good morning. this is our most marginal seat in sussex, onlyjust under 2500 votes that are the conservative mp who has been in place since 2015 and the liberal democrats, who have come a close second in every general election here since the 1970s and before 2050 there was a liberal democrat here for 18 years before that. a very tight contest —— before 201...