brothers sri and gopi hinduja top the annual sunday times rich list — only one person in the top tenin britain. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 — this mornings reviewers are yasmin alibhai brown and david wooding from the sun on sunday. good morning and welcome to bbc news. parties campaigning in the general election have made a series of policy announcements this morning. labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less that eighty thousand pounds a year, the conservatives say they'll labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less than eighty thousand pounds a year, the conservatives say they'll replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, and the liberal democrats commit to maintaining the so—called triple lock on pensions, meaning they would rise by as much as wages, inflation or 2.5% — whichever is highest. to get more on this, i'm joined by our political correspondent ellie price. let's start with the labour party, pledges all over the place. absolutely. there will be placed after the last couple of days, that af

brothers sri and gopi hinduja top the annual sunday times rich list — only one person in the top tenin britain. good morning and welcome to bbc news. parties campaigning in the general election have made a series of policy announcements this morning. labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less than £80,000 a year, the conservatives say they'll replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, and the liberal democrats commit to maintaining the so—called triple lock on pensions. to get more on this, i'm joined by our political correspondent ellie price. for the labour party this morning, it's all about tax and who is going to pay more or not pay more. yes, this is a pitch to low and middle income earners and one that has ca ptu red income earners and one that has captured headlines in the papers. those are the policies capturing the imagination, if you like. their pledges that national insurance contributions and the standard rate of vat will not go up. neither will income tax for those earning up to a -§ the last a it" 7 n n 7 taxes. “a have .,.- , — , t

brothers sri and gopi hinduja top the annual sunday times rich list, only one person in the top ten was born in britain. stories about charlie chaplin's extraordinary life are told in witness in half an hour on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. parties campaigning in the general election have made a series of policy announcements this morning. labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less that 80 thousand pounds a year, the conservatives say they'll replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, and the liberal democrats commit to maintaining the so—called wtriple lock" on pensions. looking at all of this, studying what they are saying is our political correspondent, eliot prize. let's start with labour and tax pledges. it is always a good idea in an election campaign not to put taxes up. labour has managed to attract some of the newspaper headlines. labour says it will not put up the standard rate of vat, will not put up national insurance contributions or income tax for those earning up to £80,000. they say it would benefit about 95% of tax

sri and and gopi hinduja have been associated with the labour party since the mid—1990s, and acquired997. their investments in oil, it, energy and the media have made them worth £16.2 billion, according to the sunday times rich list, up by a quarter in a single year. not far behind on £16 billion is the ukrainian music mogul len blavatnik. he owns warner music as well as stakes in a number of other companies. at number nine, the duke of westminster, worth £9.5 billion, is the highest—ranking british born person on the list. he owns property in large parts of central london. there are a record 134 billionaires in this year's top 1000 on the list, with a cumulative wealth of £658 billion. in order to get on the list, you need to be worth at least £110 million. although there are no women in the top 20 who became billionaires in their own right, the sunday times says this year's list is more diverse than ever. it says that many have benefited over the past yearfrom booming stock markets in europe and north america. joe lynam, bbc news. airline tickets that never arrive, fake holiday webs

and right at the top are two indian brothers sri and gopi hinduja.th more than $20 billion. but, there was only one person in the top ten born in the uk, the duke of westminster. the duke's wealth comes largely from inherited land in london and is valued at over $12 billion. the top story: france is going to the polls today. they are choosing between emmanuel macron and marine le pen. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @tomdonkinbbc sony and so far. we had some rain and then went away. clipping the south—west of england. moving south into the near continent. lowering clouds in the far north—east of scotland. quite low cloud for northern eastern scotland. doug free and galloway seeing more in the way of sunshine. —— humphrey. appennine a story of more cloud. for wales and southern england, a grey start because of the cloud. things improving and you will notice that if you're watching the cricket at lord's. it should feel quite warm in the afternoon despite the northerly breeze. the breeze that stronger acro

brothers sri and gopi hinduja top the annual sunday times rich list, only one person in the top ten wasorn in britain. click goes behind closed doors with the doctor, as something goes bump in the night. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. parties campaigning in the general election have made a series of policy announcements this morning. labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less than £80,000 a year, the conservatives say they'll replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, and the liberal democrats commit to maintaining the so—called "triple lock" on pensions. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, ellie price, and i asked if promising not to put taxes up for most people was a sensible election pledge to make. that is one of the things the labour party have done today is that they had captured the imagination of some of the newspaper headline writers. labour says it will not put up the standard rate of vat or national insurance contributions they will not put up income tax for those earning up to

and right at the top are two indian brothers sri and gopi hinduja.t, there was only one person in the top ten born in the uk, the duke of westminster. the duke's wealth comes largely from inherited land in london and is valued at over $12 billion. you can get in touch with me on twitter. for now, take care and goodbye. hello, good morning. so near, yet so far away. we had some rain around during the first half of the weekend. it came in with this cloud front, just clipped the south—west of england, running through the english channel. that cloud is moving southward into the near continent. across the far north—east of scotland we have got some low cloud that will bring drizzle as we head into sunday. quite low cloud for northern and eastern scotland, perhaps filtering through the central lowlands, perhaps argyll and bute seeing more in the way of sunshine. sunny start after a chilly start across northern ireland, likewise north—west england. 0n the other side of the pennines there will be more cloud. wales, midland and southern england, temperatures

sri and and gopi hinduja have been associated with the labour party since the mid—1990s, and acquiredn oil, it, energy and the media have made them worth £16.2 billion, according to the sunday times rich list, up by a quarter in a single year. not far behind on £16 billion is the ukrainian music mogul len blavatnik. he owns warner music as well as stakes in a number of other companies. at number nine, the duke of westminster, worth £9.5 billion, is the highest—ranking british born person on the list. he owns property in large parts of central london. there are a record 134 billionaires in this year's top 1000 on the list, with a cumulative wealth of £658 billion. in order to get on the list, you need to be worth at least £110 million. although there are no women in the top 20 who became billionaires in their own right, the sunday times says this year's list is more diverse than ever. it says that many have benefited over the past yearfrom booming stock markets in europe and north america. joe lynam, bbc news. i think ithinki i think i spotted our political correspondent in the docklan

sri and and gopi hinduja have been associated with the labour party more billionaires are living in therried his partner, american film director, dustin lance black. the couple got married in a service at a luxury hotel on dartmoor national park in devon. they announced their engagement in 2015. he revealed in a youtube video in 2013 he had a boyfriend, saying his "whole world changed" when he fell in love with a man. the graffiti artist banksy has taken on brexit in his new mural in dover. it depicts the european flag being chiselled by a workman to remove one of its 12 stars. the work appeared near dover's ferry terminal overnight. interesting commentary from banks say. don't forget we will have a lot of coverage of the french presidential election, beginning in just a few minutes time. our correspondence is live in paris. we should get a first indication of who has one, either emmanuel macron or marine le pen, just after seven o'clock. now let's look at the weather. west has been best for sunshine. further east has more cloud, and has been feeling chilly. where we have the cloud in t

and right at the top are two indian brothers, sri and gopi hinduja.e person in the top ten born in the uk — the duke of westminster. the duke‘s wealth comes largely from inherited land in london and is valued at over $12 billion. before we go, a reminder of our top story. french authorities have warned against anybody spreading documents hacked from the campaign of emmanuel macron ahead of sunday‘s presidential election. you can get plenty more on the french presidential election, and on twitter you can talk to me. i‘m @tomdonkinbbc. for now, it is goodbye. take care. hello, good morning. so near, yet so far away. we had some rain around during the first half of the weekend. it came in with this cloud he rant just click the south—west of england, running through the english channel. that cloud is moving southward into the near continent. across the far north—east of scotland we have got some low cloud that will bring drizzle as we head into sunday. quite low cloud for northern and eastern scotland, perhaps filtering through the central lowlands, perha