03/06/2017

0710

The Conservatives appear to be hardening their position on direct taxes as Michael Fallon told the Daily Telegraph that high earners have nothing to worry about when it comes to income tax.  The BBC’s Leila Nathoo reports.

0712

There will be another special edition of Question Time  tomorrow on BBC One - this time with the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon. The fight for Scottish seats this time involves not only the SNP, Labour and the Conservatives but also the Scottish Greens and UKIP. Catriona Renton reports from Glasgow.

0715

Scientists are warning that the loss of soil from farm land is reaching crisis levels in some areas. Trials are underway to see if building dams in hillside streams can slow down the flow. New research suggests that part of the answer may be supplied by skilled labour from the continent - European beavers. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports.

0720

Ireland is about to get its first openly gay prime minister. The ruling Fine Gael party has elected Leo Varadkar as its new leader. We've been speaking to people in The George Bar in Dublin city centre. John Bruton is former Fine Gael Taoiseach

0730

The topic of migration has seen a lack of detail from all of the parties in their manifestos, particularly on the status of EU migrants and the plan for temporary workers. What are the unanswered questions that remain? Lord Green is chair of Migration Watch UK and Joe Owen is senior researcher from the Institute for Government.

0740

On this week's Meet The Author, Jim Naughtie speaks to Rachel Seiffert, a writer who's been nominated for both the Man Booker and Baileys Prize about her novel A Boy In Winter.

0750

Nigel Farage has said the claims that the FBI has designated him a “person of interest” in its investigation into possible Russian interference in the US presidential election are “hysterical”. He joins us on the programme.

0810

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn faced questions from a TV audience last night, less than a week before the general election. They were questioned separately in a special edition of Question Time on BBC One. Today’s Sanchia Berg brought together two families - one Labour voting, one Conservative, to watch it in Northampton. Ed Miliband is a former Labour party leader and Iain Duncan Smith is a former Conservative party leader.

0820

What do you read to escape a political maelstrom that's driving you to distraction? Sathnam Sanghera is an author and columnist and had taken to Twitter to ask this question.

0830

The President of the European Council has announced that the bloc is increasing co-operation with China on climate change, after a summit between the EU and China in Brussels. Professor Philip Bobbit is director for the Centre for National Security at Columbia Law School.

0840

The Green Party has warned that ending free movement of people after Brexit will create a “very real risk” to public services. They say it’s “little short of criminal” that the Tories and Labour are committed to ending free movement. Caroline Lucas is the co-leader of the Green Party.

0850

It is 20 years since Arundhati Roy's novel The God of Small Things made her a literary sensation - it won the Booker prize and was an international bestseller. She soon became known for her politics as much as her writing, outspoken on the poor and the marginalised of India. She’s been speaking to Mishal Husain about her second novel that was 20 years in the making, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.

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This week sees our last weekly election panel to review the week in politics. Gyles Brandreth is a writer, actor, broadcaster and former Conservative MP and Sindhu Vee is a stand-up comedian and former banker.

All subject to change.