the prime minister theresa may taking questions from journalists in dewsbury, west yorkshire. unsurprisingly, tax came up. probably the result of an interview that sir michael fallon, defence secretary, gave in the telegraph newspaper today, he said they will not put up tax for higher earners, but that seemed to go further than the party manifesto which makes no commitment on any tax rates, except saying broadly it is a party of low taxation. the prime minister was asked about it by our political correspondent in dewsbury and interestingly she said "we set it out in the manifesto". in a later a nswer to it out in the manifesto". in a later answer to itv, she said it was their firm intention to keep taxes low or ordinary working families, and reduced taxes on ordinary working families. it sounds like a rebuff for some michael's position, that the parties will not raise income tax. not that it will do that but it is not prepared to rule it out. i'm sure whoever is chancellor of the exchequer, if there is another conservative government after the 8th ofjune, will be grateful for

the prime minister is speaking at an event in dewsbury and west yorkshire, when the bbc asked her for. our position hasn't changed from that set out the manifesto. what people will know when they go to vote on thursday is that it is the conservative party that has and always will be a low tax party and it is our intention to reduce taxes for ordinary working families. we will raise the personal allowance to 12,500 and raise the 40% threshold up to 50,000. the choice is simple for people on thursday. a conservative party that has always believed in we know means higher taxes for all and ordinary working people paying the price. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. they were challenged separately in a special edition of question time in york. mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. while mr corbyn faced a robust exchange over whether he would use the uk's nuclear deterrent. they came here hoping to persuade people that they have what it takes to lead the country. no—one expected an easy ride

the prime minister was at an event in dewsbury, making her case for a conservative government: it's itte more jobs and rights for workers. it is about affordable homes. helping people with the cost of living including capping those rip—off energy tariffs. it is about helping every youngster have a good school place with more school funding making sure they get a proper start in life but also a proper start in life but also a proper technical education. it is about the strong economy, enabling us about the strong economy, enabling us to fund the nhs so that people have the confidence of knowing that it is there for them and that we can ca re it is there for them and that we can care for our elderly. and it is about protecting our national security and defence and that is about defeating terrorism but also about defeating terrorism but also about dealing with the extremists who seek to divide us. by coming together, by having competence as a country and confidence in these things. but of course we need to have the right government in order to do it and you will be out there over the next

it's great to be here in dewsbury and great to be here with william who has been such a wonderful servanter the years. of course, is a famous son of god's own county himself. as you heard, it was william who started it all by giving me that break and putting me on the shadow cabinet all those years ago. but it is very good to be with you here today as we look to the election on thursday, just those five days to go of campaigning through to what is, i think, the most crucial election that we have seen in this country and during my lifetime. you know, 12 months ago, the british people voted for a brighterfuture months ago, the british people voted for a brighter future for our country and i believe that we can build a stronger, fairer and more prosperous britain because the promise of brexit is great, the opportunities before us are enormous andi opportunities before us are enormous and i believe that we have the confidence as a country if we get brexit right to ensure that we can build that country that is fairer, thatis build that country that is fairer, that is stronger, that is even mor

lenglet the honourable lady knows i was asked about dewsbury accident and emergency and i can confirmsense. can i tell the prime minister that spending more and more money on overseas aid each year does not make us look compassionate to be public, it makes us look idiotic to the public where that money is much neededin the public where that money is much needed in the united kingdom. so can she... can she promised to slash the overseas aid budget, spend the priorities in the uk. i hope she doesn't have a strange political aversion to pursuing any policies that might be popular with the public. well, i can assure my honourable friend that i don't have that aversion but on this issue, i do takea that aversion but on this issue, i do take a different view. i think it is important that given the position that we hold, given the state of our economy as one of the largest economies in the world, that we are actually recognised that we can help those around the world. we are seeing millions of people particularly girls being educated as a result of the action that we are taking. ithink a res