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>> hello, i'm christian frazier? and this is "the context." independent treasury officials have cost us labor policy and amounted to a 2,000% tax rise. mark my words, labor will raise your taxes. >> this is part of the prime minister that's been part of the government that has put up tax 26 times. >> reminds me of the effort u. referendum and that quote on the side about that extra 50 million pounds a week the u.k. was sending to the e.u., so the claim went. that was wrong but there was an almightily row about it and what did the row do? it gave that number prominence. ♪ christian: a war of words over tax.

richie sunak says labour would put an added 2,000 pounds in tax on every person. what do the voters make of the campaign so far? also tonight, a special report from gaza. hundreds of bodies reportedly uncovered in a mass gave grave outside of al-shifa hospital. evidence that are civilians included. and first of commemoration of two days in europe to mark the 80 year anniversary of the normandy landings. today, snap polls suggesting that was richie sunak who'd come out on top in the first leadership debate of the

campaign. the prime minister referred several times so the so-called independent assessment, which they say would mean every working family pays 2,000 more in taxes. the only problem is it hadn't been signed off even though prime minister said it had. james bowler work to labour making clear the civil service hadn't been as involved as the conservatives claimed. as you'd expect, labour is furious. here's chris mason. >> on last knight's tv debate richie sunak said this -- >> 20,000 pounds worth of taxes over the labor party. >> and again. >> they amount to a 2,000 pound tax rise for every working

family. >> his opponent eventually said it was false but that wasn't the end of it. here is one of the prime minister's closest alleys this morning. >> these are brilliant civiller is haven't and all policies that have been set out by the labour party and if anything they are underestimating the cost of families. >> and look what at what she said. yes, the most senior civil servant. yet in a letter another senior civil service says that is rushish. any costest redrived from other sources should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. i've reminded ministers and

quitors that this should be the case. >> a prime minister with his back against the wall desperately trying to defend 14 years of failure resorting and it was a flash and insight to his character, to lies. i don't say that lightly. >> if political amp shock of last night's debate as the arguments get angrier. christian: so what is the truth in the numbers? our correspondent nick can show us why that 2,000 pound figure is misleading. >>et's look at how the conservatives reached their calculations. this was this. a 37.5 billion black hole is what they claim and they basically divided that by the number number of working families in the country and come up with this figure -- 2,094 pounds. that is over a four-year

period. so that's about 500 pounds a year. the for said last night that that was the work of independent treasury officials and it is true to say that the tre treasury did most of the sums but tical advisors set terms of the calculations by making assumptions of labour's policy. this is the list the conservative party produced and how much it would allegedly cost but not all of it has been costed by the treasury. these three highlighted at the bottom from come from other sources. this one in yellow comes from labour policy document. they say it would come through a windful tax, and borrowing. this one is coming back into the public sector. the claim is that labour's plan

would always be a lot more effective, costing 6,000 pounds. but they told us this afternoon that to use their research to partially justify this figure was highly misleading. so the 2,000 tax rate is misleading. labour would increase the tax. they will publish their manifesto soon and at that point we'll be able to fully look at their plans. christian: thank you. the participant manifesto is to be published this week. the bbc, your voice/your vote, you can tell us which issues matter to you. and ross atkins will be looking at them. here's his latest explainer on

polling. ross: we're receiving thousands of questions from you about this election and here are some questions you've sent on polling. roger in lang shire reports why don't polls report the whole of the u.k.? he said they're misleading. they're need dividing by country. wales, scotland, and england. there already limited polls doing that. this one uses a range of polls from across great britain but there are very few polls for individual elections. compared to over 20 across great britain as a whole. also, polls are expensive and most are commissioned by media organizations. for a general election, more often than not those boy paying for the polls want the whole

picture. one asked do you produce con decision ski polling? we don't commission polls during election periods. as for c constituency polling, it's rare and difficult. joe told us while it can be done, it's very difficult, can take a long time and extremely difficult to do with this i agree of accuracy. one asks as the polls stands how would that relate to the number of seats according to each participant? so much nrp polls give labour a majority of well over 100 seats. some put it much higher but as my colleague peter bonds devises us, as with all polls, these figures should be treated with a

good degree of caulks. and one asks what -- why don't you show the don't know column? you're right, bbc doesn't murtha on our tracker. differences in methodology make it difficult to show don noes in trackers like ours. however, if you look into detail at individual polls, you can often find that information. thank you to all of you for contacting us and you can find our poll tracker on the cbs news app. christian: more of that tomorrow night and two of the main battleground areas in this election will be the midlands and northern england, the bedrock of the labour party's support for generations. or until 2019. many of the former mining towns

led their support to the torys in the debate over brexit. my colleague has been in lee and now she is in cheadle so you'll forgive her hear finishing her day at the pub there. but a good night to pounce on a captainive audience, yes? >> indeed. yesterday i was in the debate surrounded by politicians. today it's been all about the voters. as you say i had breakfast in a solid conservative place. and then moved to lunch to bottommable west, which is a bellwether seat. i've just had dinner here in

cheadle. one of the things that struck me mountain three seats i've been today is just how fed up people are in this part of the world with the political class in westminster. they're don't think that anyone has done anything for them. a lot of people in bolton west said they're not going to vote. they don't think that any of the leaders have anything to offer. cheadle is held by the conservatives but it's a target for democrats and we may have a picture we can show you yesterday with his blue dieng rhode island pants saying he's going to topple the wall. allison, hello. and? lauren. allison, where's paul, your husband? he was here. >> peter. >> peter, sorry. >> we've lost someone. he's in the loo. he'll be back so we'll start

with you, lauren. which way are you going to go in this election? >> i'll be voting for the liberal democrats. >> who did y vote for last time? >> the labor really a democrats as well. i feel they are the most progressive participant and i'm really excited about this collection because they're so close behind the conservative and i feel like ife join with the labour voters we can illicit change in the area. >> so tactical voting like we saw in 97 perhaps? >> it think . some of my friends who vote the labour currently are doing that. >> what do you think of his ant nix we saw him do all kinds of things. rafting and going down water slides. again, the headlines, but do you think it's going to make a difference?

>> if somebody plays jenga it's not going to swing our volt. i believe in tom morrison as a candidate. herself young, he's smart and i think that he will genuinely try to represent the local community fairly. >> thank you very much. let's speak to you, allison. you've had a good day because you won in the casino. >> i have, yes. >> how much did you win? >> 80 pounds. >> did you watch the debate last night? >> no. >> you didn't? >> no. >> who do you prefer of the two leaders? do you like mr. day? >> don't know who if who leaders are. >> mr. starma and mr. sunak. >> starma. >> why do you like mr. starma?

>> i didn't watch it so apparently -- >> are you going to vote labour? >> i am. >> and did you vote labour last time? >> no. >> who did you vote for last time? >> conservative. >> why are you changing your vote? >> i think because conservatives have not held their policies up like they said they would. >> on what topics? >> immigration. >> do you think that income be planes going off to rwaa with people arriving in small boats? >> we've spent a lot of money over that and nobody's been over there. nobody. they've spent a lot of new money on this new ship they've built for people to go into. hasn't happened. they're not thinking about people in this country that are homeless. hotels have been used for these people and we're paying that.

a lot of money. they're actually giving themselves a raise when flavor not giving the nhs a rise. >> allison, thank you very much for your perspective. there he is. he's come out but it's too late. christie. who are you going to vote for then? >> unsure at the moment. >> unsure. between? >> round here, liberals are labour but i really haven't seen the manifestos or anything at the moment. >> they're not out yet. you voted torie last time, didn't you? >> i did for the derek it. i'll see what the manifestos say. >> so you're definitely undecided? >> undecided at the moment.

interesting how immigration is a big issue. some of the people we spoke to say they're seriously considering rainstorm now. they feel the conservatives don't fully represent or understand what'sappening here. christian: thank you for that. around world and across the u.k., you're watching "bbc news." let's have a quick look at the stories today. prime minister of wales has lost the confidence of his party. the motion was brought by the conservatives. he's faced questions about a campaign donation that he received from a millionaire who

had convictions for illegally dumping waste. the first minister is not obliged to resign. amanda knox has been reconvicted for murdering her ex roommate. knox will not go to prison. at the time of the investigation she accused a local bar worker who was innocent. a woman has been chaed with assault after a banana milk shake was thrown over the u.k. reform leader. he just announced his decision to run in the constituency. you're watching "bbc news." in gaza, several hundred bodies have reported live been found in mass graves amid the ruins of gaza's al-shifa hospital. they are the bodies of those

following the second assault in march. an israeli government spokesman said there wasn't a single civilian casualty during that openings but the bbc has found evidence that there was. here's our correspondent. >> amid rumors that wreaked of depth. palestinians pored over what was once gaza's biggest and best equipped hospital after israeli forces withdrew. israel's military raid in march was the second at the site and it was dramatically destructive. four mass graves containing, local search teams say, hundreds of bodies have been dug up at al-shifa, prompting a possibly investigation into war crimes. there are report of suspicious finds. >> we've discovered bodies of

women and children and people without heads, as well as torn body parts. >> israel's military said itics humored bodies when palestinians had buried earlier as it searched for hostageseized by hamas but some of the dead were patient. he believes his mother died of malnutrition and de hydration. her corpse was badly de come posed. >> shelfed been woundedded in november and had a toe amputated on each foot. >> israel claims any depths of patients on natural calls but the -- causings but the world health organization say those trapped endured horrific conditions. >> during the siege, 20 patients dialed. often lacking food and water.

stories that 15 people to had too share one bottle of water. >> palestinians were based inside al-shifa and over two weeks it killed more than,000 operatives. >> al-shifa has become a main part of the trip by hamals. it was precise and surgical. >> but battles spread onto nearby streets and here many have told us that many civilians, including entire families were also killed by israeli air strikes and snipers during the al-shifa railed. a dead caped surgeon was one of those shot dead close to the hospital where he worked. i spoke to a top british surgeon who'd helped train him. >> he was knot just hungry for knowledge. he was very gentle and somebody who all of us would want to have

as our sort of doctor. >> he was at home and after four days under siege and a harsh interrogation by soldiers he tried to leave gaza city on foot with his mother. 11 days after his ace appearance, his father says, we found ahmad's de composed body. christia that was reporting from jerusalem. throughout the day, creme a active events ha been taking place both in here in the u.k. and in france. commemorating the day british and american troops landed on several beaches and normandy, the largest ever amphibious invasion. it exchanged the course of world war ii.

ben johnson is in portsmouth where commemorations began. >> nervous that day of polished national pride and shinening service medicinals but a chance to speak with those who fought to secure it. >> we fired the fist shot on on a battle shim. yes, the very first shot. >> we all did our best. if we didn't fit in our slot, things wouldn't have worked out. >> this was a live lesson in the audacious invasion of normandy's beaches. itself detailed planning and bravery. >> this mission for flame was breadth taking in scale and overwhelming in complexity. quite simply, the future of the world was at stake. >> it was also a show of thanks and praise, a celebration of service and a commemoration of sacrifice in recognition of those who lost life and limb.

>> landed on the evening of d-day and three weeks later, i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs both the knee. i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn't. >> top brass came from all walks of life in remembrance and respect. >> field natural montgomery, command northwestern chief of the alleyed -- allied ground forces wrote in his message to all soldiers, on the eve of d-day, to us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in the better day that is lie ahead, men will speak with pride of our doings. >> schoolchildren were welcomed

to forge links with d-day's last survivors. a dwindling number who are ha handing down guardianship of a legacy. >> we were with the american athlete on the way to utah beach where there were ships as far as you could see. >> we want to thank our great grandfather and all of the veterans of d-day and the normandy landings. >> we will never forget. thank you. >> d-day started with battleships bbarding the french coast then paratroopers dropping to take out german defenses. something recreated today in normandy. there were commemorations today too for the 4,400 troops killed in forcing back the flatsies. >> at the heart of our remembrance lies the sacrifice, valor, bravery and heroism of sailors, soldiers and civilians

who gave all they had. >> back in portsmouth, more royal recognition. >> good to see you. >> we'll see you -- >> these men now carry celebrity status. and joe wasn't going to let me delay his v.i.p. lunch. >> tell me about today's event, joe. how's it been? >> today h been absolutely wonderful. apart from my old niece, it's been absolutely beautiful. >> this was an upbeat embrace of these veterans and the glory of their hard-won victory. anyway changed the course of the war and reshaped the future of our world. "bbc news," ports announcer: funding for presentation of this proam is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james.

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