hmrc say you should go onto their website often.e tried that first and it just doesn't work. the website has a 25% success rate with people on a survey of people agreeing with it, and it means that they end up having to call hmrc. >> and even if you get to the website, you know, unless you're trained in tax law, it's frankly incomprehensible, isn't it? >> well, that's the thing. >> well, that's the thing. >> people want to talk to a person. it's the most complex tax code in the world. as we mentioned , people need to speak mentioned, people need to speak to someone that understands it in order to be able to pay their taxes on time and the correct amount. >> now, there was some talk, wasn't there, of the chancellor getting tough with hmrc and saying, come on, start answering your phones and hunt did that. i'm thinking about three months ago, something like that. do we have any evidence that hmrc have listened? >> well, the treasury has just promised them another 51 million as well, so i think maybe go after their performance before p

hmrc.mistakes are my own. i am sorry that when _ mistakes are my own. i am sorry that when i _ mistakes are my own. i am sorry that when i had _ mistakes are my own. i am sorry that when i had my— mistakes are my own. i am sorry that when i had my settlement _ mistakes are my own. i am sorry that when i had my settlement with - mistakes are my own. i am sorry that when i had my settlement with hmrc two years _ when i had my settlement with hmrc two years ago. — when i had my settlement with hmrc two years ago. i— when i had my settlement with hmrc two years ago, i should _ when i had my settlement with hmrc two years ago, i should have - two years ago, i should have probably— two years ago, i should have probably been _ two years ago, i should have probably been more - two years ago, i should have probably been more explicitl two years ago, i should have i probably been more explicit in two years ago, i should have - probably been more explicit in the details _ probably been more explicit i

the its information with hmrc.r first major speech of the election campaign, rachel reeves said the conservative party deserves to be judged on what she called 14 years of chaos and decline . she years of chaos and decline. she said average homeowners are paying said average homeowners are paying around £240 more every month due to that mini—budget, while wages remained flat and taxpayers are asked to pay more for less. >> if our economy had have grown at the average rate of oecd countries these last 14 years, our economy today would be £150 billion larger, worth £5,000 for every household and providing £55 billion more investment for our public services . that is our public services. that is their record and they deserve to be judged on it. >> rachel reeves. pope francis has had to apologise for using an offensive word to describe gay men after reports appeared in italian media. two of the country's biggest newspapers, in fact reported that he used the slur when suggesting there were too many gay people in priesth

we've heard since from hmrc, they are not going forward, and a labour source has told us that hmrc will. the conservatives have come onto that saying that potentially leaves the door open for further investigations, but the chances are we will not hear from hmrc, they never comment on the sort of thing. overall, it relief this evening for a labour when it comes to angela rayner�*s position. a labour when it comes to angela rayner's position.— rayner's position. plenty to get our rayner's position. plenty to get your teeth _ rayner's position. plenty to get your teeth into, _ rayner's position. plenty to get your teeth into, you've - rayner's position. plenty to get| your teeth into, you've certainly done that for us. jack fenwick joining us from westminster. we'll be covering the election campaign across the to come, you can get all the information on the bbc website -- bbc the information on the bbc website —— bbc news website. it is now 7:20pm. israeli tanks have reportedly reached the centre of rafah, as it carries out its most intense bombardment of the city, since the war began. ga

yeah, absolutely, and speaking as someone who's self—employed and has to file their own taxes with hmrc, any criticism of it? i'm happy to, to be on side. >> it's a nightmare. >> it's a nightmare. >> it's a nightmare. >> it's really heartbreaking. >> it's really heartbreaking. >> have you ever tried to get hold of them on the phone? unfortunately, yes, yeah. so they should be paying me. really? yes, yes. and what catherine was saying about our government being inefficient, is absolutely true. and i think anne robinson's decision is, i think i would applaud it. and i also think it's interesting because we see a lot of celebrities now, very rich people like mick jagger, for example, telling journalists that they're not going to leave any money to their children because they think their children should, you know, kind of pull themselves up by the bootstraps, etc. and i think, of course, you want to encourage your own children to be resilient and make their own money and look after their own families. however, i think it kind of goes against the human instinct to not want to help, lift up y

i think if you didn't pay your tax , hmrc might might pay your tax, hmrc might might just were into actionmes, bank details and some addresses of around 270,000 service personnel have been exposed in a data breach at the ministry of defence. it has been revealed. although the government will not name who it suspects to be behind the cyber attack, it was reported last night that china is at the forefront of people's minds. secretary of state for defence grant shapps said this to the house of commons earlier today. this was the work, as i say, of a malign actor who compromised a contract to run a network entirely separate from the mod core system. >> however, as i've said, we cannot at this stage rule out state involvement from elsewhere. >> the chinese government itself has described the suggestion as fabricated and malicious slander probably went on to say of the running dogs of capitalism, that's their usual phraseology. while an investigation has been launched in attack, what does this say about our country's power to defend itself against hostile states ? well, joining me hostile states

i think if you didn't pay your tax , hmrc might might pay your tax, hmrc might might just were into actionmes, bank details and some addresses of around 270,000 service personnel have been exposed in a data breach at the ministry of defence. it has been revealed. although the government will not name who it suspects to be behind the cyber attack, it was reported last night that china is at the forefront of people's minds. secretary of state for defence grant shapps said this to the house of commons earlier today. this was the work, as i say, of a malign actor who compromised a contract to run a network entirely separate from the mod core system. >> however, as i've said, we cannot at this stage rule out state involvement from elsewhere. >> the chinese government itself has described the suggestion as fabricated and malicious slander probably went on to say of the running dogs of capitalism, that's their usual phraseology. while an investigation has been launched in attack, what does this say about our country's power to defend itself against hostile states ? well, joining me hostile states

there, we're not going to hear anything more from hmrc. to bring up nadine zahawi, because i think we do also need to look at the sort of staggering hypocrisy going, going on here, this first, these allegations first came from lord ashcroft, who again has been accused of angela rayner's maximum tax evasion . i rayner's maximum tax evasion. i think she was accused was 3500 van—tam. >> he did not mention her tax affairs anywhere in his book. he did not. >> he mentioned he he mentioned the electoral issue directly. >> that's what he said. >> that's what he said. >> so let's just let's talk . >> so let's just let's talk. he's a tory donor. he's a not for not for 15 years. and was a was a deputy, a deputy chair of the party written this book accused of using tax havens. currently current tory tory donor the bamfords accused of avoiding 500 million. and these are just accusations 500 million robert jenrick admit fitted to a parliamentary committee that while in government, he helped a tory donor avoid 45 million worth of tax. now the fact that t

that leaves hmrc now. hmrc never comment on tax affairs of individuals but labour are clear.adow transport secretary. she said that this is over. a line has been drawn and hmrc are unlikely to say anything about that. so i think as we speak tonight, angela rayner is in the clear. michelle, after all those weeks of speculating about whether she owed a small amount of tax in cgt, well, there you go. >> interesting times for sure christopher hope, thank you very much for that. now one of the stories that was dominating the headunes stories that was dominating the headlines today, this whole row about whether or not there should be vat applied to private schools or not, we've been going round in circles that debate for quite some time. but now apparently there's a new report out that says that actually, if vat is indeed applied to those private schools, we're going to see an exodus of about 40% of those pupils going into state school. long story short, that suggestion there is basically the maths, therefore don't add up and theatre . what do you make up and theatre. what do you m

and also labour have told the bbc that hmrc are taking no action against angela rayner.gh of relief echoing around the labour camp that that isn't going to hang over now the election campaign, because those three agencies have reportedly said no further action against the deputy leader. so that's going to, you would imagine, stop any further questions at least at this point for angela rayner. and the police said in their statement following allegations about she said she welcomed the result was angela rayner mp greater manchester police has completed a thorough, carefully considered and proportionate investigation. we have concluded that no further police action will be taken. so that's how the police did it in in their words. newscast from the bbc. chris, why so breathless? i mean, you're always like an energetic chap. i would say clue in the last week. no, but the real reason is the real reason... you know, the massive reason why... the real reason the specific reason is our esteemed coronavirus newscast colleague, fergus walsh, he wrote a blog way back when this build

in terms of hmrc which ou that she did. in terms of hmrc which you referenced. _ that she did.u need. my colleague has this verify unit which will be crucial over the next weeks as all of the parties will make promises and as we dissect them and get to the real root of what they are promising. so let's hear the latest from the team. i'm not far from where you are. i'm on the mezzanine, but i think you can see the newsroom below me on the trundle camera that we're showing you now. that's studio e, if you look over there, the camera'sjust moving in that direction. and that is the radio team there. as my colleagues at the bbc news channel over there, in the centre, that's where the news desk is. and just in the back over there are the six and ten and the one news team. so the bulletin teams and everybody, of course, working very hard now that that general election has been called. now we're up here on this floor because we're going to show you a bit more about the team's work at bbc verify, which has really come into its own in this election campaign. if you just follow me round n

but we have been told that hmrc �*s and no tax was owed and the investigation is over. _ over. there's a relief. before he let you go. just _ over. there's a relief. before he let you go, just summarise i over. there's a relief. before he let you go, just summarise yourj let you go, just summarise your thoughts on the rest it's been another day where the economy is front and centre. it really feels like both conservatives and labour see this as a battle to be seen as the most credible when it comes economy. for the labour party under keir starmer in the shadows sampler rachel rees, they picks himself at a party that has changed. we heard a letter from himself at a party that has changed. we heard a letterfrom more than business leaders saying they are endorsing labour. —— 120 business leaders. she's on what is called the cocktail movement. the conservatives have been talk about that tax policy. that's about speaking to the core voter base. older people, who are more likely to vote conservative, and trying to persuade them to vote on pulling day. quite artial to them to

hmrc expects to recover just over £1 loans and schemes.ld be gone after -- in 2020. y . y that should be gone after -- in 2020. y . , ., that should be gone after -- in 2020. y , ., ., y 2020. they reckon they are only caettin 2020. they reckon they are only getting about — 2020. they reckon they are only getting about a _ 2020. they reckon they are only getting about a billion. - 2020. they reckon they are only getting about a billion. need - 2020. they reckon they are only getting about a billion. need to| 2020. they reckon they are only i getting about a billion. need to be lookin: at getting about a billion. need to be looking at fraud _ getting about a billion. need to be looking at fraud across _ getting about a billion. need to be looking at fraud across the - getting about a billion. need to be looking at fraud across the piece i looking at fraud across the piece but what — looking at fraud across the piece but what we have had to night, were not mainly— but what we have had to night, were not mainly talking about fraud, were talki

in the army, but the story we're going to talk about is police passing on rayner house details to hmrcnot just the address, they can go and knock on the doom they can go and knock on the door, basically hmrc have been urged to say whether they will sanction angela rayner. so greater manchester police have concluded their investigation and have decided they'll be. they'll be taking no further action after the investigation into labour's deputy leader revealed that she's, a close friend of andy burnham who oversees greater manchester police. now, amid that bit up . police. now, amid that bit up. yeah, you know, i don't know if i was being investigated by the police, i'd want that police force to be overseen by my best friend. you know, it can't hurt. >> but i do feel we're lagging behind the americans in the lawfare , kind of scheme, aren't lawfare, kind of scheme, aren't we? >> you know what i mean, steve? there should be the. some of the tourists should be. yeah. this is this sexy? yeah yeah, it's £1,500 worth of tax kind of deals. >> like that. there was never there's no risk anymore,

sacked as tory party chairman in january last year after an inquiry found he'd failed to disclose that hmrcas investigating his tax affairs . investigating his tax affairs. and commuters are facing a third consecutive day of disruption as the rail industry's longest ever strike action continues. members of aslef at lner transport , of aslef at lner transport, lie—in express and northern trains are walking out today , trains are walking out today, with none of the train companies using new laws aimed at ensuring minimum service levels during strikes. aslef the dispute has been running for two years and it hasn't met the rail delivery group for fresh talks in over a yeah group for fresh talks in over a year. the union claims its members haven't had a pay rise in five years, and is accusing the government of giving up trying to resolve the issue. but the government says drivers have been offered salaries of up to £65,000, almost twice the uk average . for the latest stories , average. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. co

a damning report from the government spending watchdog found taxpayers were on hold to hmrc for around000,000 hours in that tax year. it was less than half that time before the covid pandemic. fewer calls are now being answered and those who do manage to get through spend longer on the phone amid what's being called a declining spiral of customer service . and some of customer service. and some good news for fans of the comedy legally blonde, it is returning to screens in the form of a prequel series. the character, portrayed by reese witherspoon , portrayed by reese witherspoon, will be bending and snapping her way back to the small screen in a series titled l, with its clever critique of the dumb blonde stereotype. the original film became an instant classic when it premiered in 2001. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news complex. now back to . michelle. >> hello everybody. i'm michelle dewberry with you till 7:00 tonight alongside me, my panel, the former mep and conservative peerin the former mep and conser

in the last seven days alone, we've spent 1500 £3,000 to pay hmrc . in 2022 to 2023. it was hmrc.170,000, 20,000 over $300,000. and the one that cost me even 2023. >> we had 21,000 vat that we couldn't claim back , pot boilers couldn't claim back, pot boilers , boilers, parts for plumbing and heating that we still have to pay for them. so to buy the materials, the way it goes , materials, the way it goes, everywhere it goes, it goes . in everywhere it goes, it goes. in 2022 to 23, we spent food, gas and electric to home in the country . we had a food drive. we country. we had a food drive. we had another food delivery that went to homes all over the country as well. so it goes down very, very quickly, but we do the best we can with it . yeah. the best we can with it. yeah. >> i mean, i've got to say, your most recent accounts filed at companies house do show that you have £643,000 in the bank, is that at the end of the year , is that at the end of the year, is there anything else that you want to say to viewers , that are want to say to viewers, that are watching, listening before

investigation , declare an hmrc investigation, which he had to pay £5 million for as you do.ny , for as you do. which is funny, isn't it? i work with money and i'm being investigated. >> but angela rayner, you know, that second house situation, there's look, there's a lot going on, isn't there, with everyone, anyway , so he's done everyone, anyway, so he's done this letter and that's really the significant part of this for us, he's done this, this letter that sort of , us, he's done this, this letter that sort of, arguably a bit over the top. yeah it's like a sort of poetry. it's got some some shakespeare in it. i know you've got some specific quotes. yeah, i think we've got it up or we've got a picture of it, think. >> okay , here we go. a haiku. he >> okay, here we go. a haiku. he begins, with the exception of convincing my wife to marry me, it's been the greatest honour of my life to represent the people of stratford on avon. and later on, he gets quite into. he goes every morning as i shave my head in the mirror, i have to pinch myself. and later he even even talks about

that was a matter, they said, for hmrc. they'll not be taking the matter any further. been out in the midlands. i don't know if you got some response from labour to that today. but positive news for angela reiner. that that investigation has gone away. tim, can you hear me? tim: yes, absolutely. this is something i think that labour are going to draw a huge sigh of relief over. it wasn't something raised by mr. sunak today on his visit to lestershire and it will be interesting to know how he reacts to this news in the coming days. and it does reflect the fact that already, and this is from the pre-election period, but already that personality politics is going to be coming to the fore, we know it's coming in the next 5 1/2 weeks or so, that we have left before polling day. christian: a lot of questions over the cting of the two main policies we've had from the conservative party in the last few days. the big question overhanging labor at -- labour at moment and we await the details of the manifesto is if there are no tax rises and they are committing to no public spend

but that message, so hmrc look to the dwp, department for work and pensions, the carer has gone overage on. 0bligation dwp and they don't pass that message on. obligation is on the individual carer come again. but i sense there is a shift here in tone from the government on this. for example, the dwp is now talking about using text messages or e—mail alerts to try to warn carers earlier if they have strayed above that limit. they are also talking about how they can try to make it easierfor repayments because again, the government will say it is committed to fairness in the system. from the government's point of view, that is of course fairness to carers of course, but also to taxpayers because fundamentally, this is taxpayers' money the gunmen is trying to get back. ., ~ , ., , . money the gunmen is trying to get back. ., ~ i. , . ., back. dan, thank you very much for that. -- back. dan, thank you very much for that- -- the — back. dan, thank you very much for that. -- the government _ back. dan, thank you very much for that. -- the government is - back. dan, thank you very much for

defence is in the process of contacting the people who were involved, whose information was accessed, hmrc—styleed and they are looking at ways they can support and advise those individuals also talking to veterans groups because a number of people involved were former members of the armed forces and we understand the uk defence secretary grant schapps is due to update mps on the house of commons on this tomorrow and set out a plan, an action plan, response plan and a plan to ensure the protection of all serving men and women in the armed forces. i think this is clearly a very significant development and there's a lot to be learned of what's happened and we are likely to hear much more about it in the house of commons but we suspect a lot of questions from mps who were concerned of what is happened and want more information. let's look at other stories in the headlines. thejudge at donald trump's criminal trial threatened the us former president ofjailfor threatened the us former president ofjail for contempt of court. this urges owners away from multi— story building under construction collapse

according to a labour source, hmrc has told angela rayner it'll take no further action. because of privacy rules. in any case, keir starmer�*s team will likely be relieved that the police investigation has now been dropped. minimising the chances of difficult headlines later on in the campaign. for months, the party's long time attack dog has herself been under attack. perhaps now she will be unleashed. joe pike, bbc news, westminster. the economy has taken centre stage on the campaign trail today. the prime minister says he will protect pensioners from a tax hike if the conservatives win the next election. rishi sunak launched what's being called the "triple lock plus" plan which will increase pensioners' personal allowance to prevent more people paying income tax. labour says the plan is not credible. meanwhile, the shadow chancellor rachel reeves has said that labour is the "natural party for british business". faisal islam reports. the prime minister was inspecting china in the potteries today, but there are no delicate ming vases in his campaign. the conservatives'

the system holding personal hmrc style information for current regular reservists and former membersnment became aware of the data breach in recent days and has not found... but is continuing to investigate. let's listen to the commons they are sub villa must be exercised within humanitarian loss. minister, what does "finish the job mean?" with 40,000 people dead, many of them children, is it when every single man, woman, child, baby is deadin single man, woman, child, baby is dead in gaza? is that what finish thejob means? the government said thejob means? the government said the invasion of rough up wouldn't be... . , . ., . be... ok, that is the international development _ be... ok, that is the international development secretary _ be... ok, that is the international development secretary andrea i development secretary andrea mitchell —— andrew mitchell being addressed by dawn butler about the situation in gaza. let's go back to that story there, we are expecting to hear from that story there, we are expecting to hearfrom grant shapps, the defence secretary. beijing has dismissed

. - but you are being investigated by hmrc and that was correct. and you said it was a smear.- to national crime agency and sfo, which i've never had l an investigation from. so nadhim zahawi, theirformer cabinet minister, did all sorts of differentjobs, is now standing down and now he's decided to stand down, he has decided to be transparent about what really happened with him and the taxman. so go back on the iplayer and see the whole interview if you wish. well, thanks for the plug. well, i'm here to serve. henry, we're going to leave you, but thank you forjoining us in your waspish top. yeah, i'm off to watch eurovision and i play for sound. well, who you can see on eurovision was the national treasure. that isjoanna lumley, and she sent us a little voice note. nobody does it better than you, sweden. i cheers, sweeties. thanks a lot. you are absolutely fabulous. this is me letting my hair down after eurovision, i which was quite extraordinary to have seen it from - the announcer, as it were, point of view is quite... i can't tell you how— complicated and how extreme the pr

right, waiting to speak to hmrc.ht, well, they haven't they haven't wasted much time speaking to me. they love speaking to me, asking for more money all the time , for more money all the time, this figure is up more than 350. the national audit office warned that the quality of customer service is now far below what it used to be, and phone lines in particular, are not delivering for the public. >> and some baby news ant mcpartlin has become a father to his newborn son wilder. patrick mcpartlin, the geordie star and his wife anne—marie corbett announced the happy news on tuesday with an instagram post that showed off ant's new tattoo tribute to his family. in a touching nod to his friendship with declan donnelly, the star has made dec baby wilder's godfather. congratulations to them . all. them. all. >> china has hit out at the government's decision to summon the chinese ambassador to the foreign office following allegations of foreign interference. it comes after three men were charged under the national security ac

also on the show, a record £7.5 billion was handed over to hmrc in inheritance tax last year. signs. jon is reading all of your e—mails and we will be sharing them with you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. sadiq khan will start his third term as london's mayor today with a pledge to make the capital the best city in the world to grow up in. he beat conservative rival susan hall in the mayoral election with the result announced at city hall on saturday. later today he will take the declaration of office and will also commit to keeping london at the "forefront of climate action". rail passengers are being warned to check before they travel as strike action is affecting a number of services this morning. drivers from the aslef union are walking out in a row over pay and conditions with rail companies warning there will be very limited services today. work to dig up the pitch at bromley football club's stadium starts this morning after the team's promotion to the english football league. according to

funded by a clamp down on tax dodges, despite recent data showing that staff shortages have led to hmrcwering 22% fewer calls than it did in 2020. labour described the plan as a desperate move, but work and pensions secretary mel stride told gb news it's part of the government's broader plan . government's broader plan. >> want to go still further? and that's where the triple lock plus comes in. and what that means is that we will be uprating, just not just the pensions by the triple lock, but also what's called the personal allowance. that's the amount that you can earn without paying any income tax. also by that same uprating by the triple lock uprating. and what that will mean is tax cuts now for pensioners throughout the next parliament. labour have completely dismissed this, which basically means that during the next parliament, under labour, what you're going to be seeing is millions of pensioners being dragged into paying income tax, having to fill all those forms in all that paperwork and red tape and extra costs to pensioners . pensioners. >> meanwhile, the shadow chancellor is

that was a matter, they said, for hmrc. they will not be taking the matter any further.ngela rayner, that that investigation has gone away. tim, can you hear me?— investigation has gone away. tim, can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is— can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is something _ can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is something i _ can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is something i think- can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is something i think that l mean this is something i think that labour —— at labour are going to drawa labour —— at labour are going to draw a huge sigh over. it's not something that rishi sunak has raised about, it's interesting to note how he reacts to this news in the coming days and it does reflect the coming days and it does reflect the fact, doesn't it, that already and this is an overlap from the pre—election period, already that kind of personality of politics is going to come to the fore. we know it's coming in the next 5.5 weeks or so, that we've got left before polling day. b. so, tha

he covered up an hmrc investigation into his tax affairs, but he is widely regarded as a as a was widelys a was widely regarded as an efficient minister, an effective local mp and he's admired his backstory is really impressive coming from baghdad, only speaking a little bit of english and then setting up yougov before going into politics. this is the sort of calibre of mp that the conservative party can't really afford to lose. >> yes. and this comes , of >> yes. and this comes, of course, after the, shock news that natalie elphicke, the was conservative mp for dover and deal conservative mp for dover and deal, defected to the labour party and the reactions are starting to come through thick and fast. of course lots of conservative mps , making jokes, conservative mps, making jokes, saying, this is awful, saying, what does this mean keir starmer actually stands for? if he were just welcomes in a right wing conservative mp like that, but also labour voices coming out, we've had john mcdonnell expressing his concern . we've expressing his concern. we've now got the labour leader of the do

out that the — the figures from hmrc which point out that the figures _ the figures from hmrc whichwe like? local elections are normally favourable _ pattern we like? local elections are normally favourable to _ pattern we like? local elections are normally favourable to smaller - normally favourable to smaller parties and that is something we are seeing tonight. less so for the lib dems at the moment. but i think interesting things to read. you've just been talking about the reform by election results and some of the damage they've done to the conservatives in the north—east earlier in the night. i think the greens will be interesting too. on reform, this was a good performance for them, reform, this was a good performance forthem, each reform, this was a good performance for them, each that their previous record. they have still got less than ukip got in the general election in this constituency in 2015. i do think the problem for the conservatives is that if they try to read good news into that, i don't think there is much there. one of the interesting things about reform is that

yeah, because hmrc don't do that already. ask poor old gary barlow and closing non—dom loopholes .a non—dom loopholes. yes. what a great idea. scare off rich people and get them to spend and invest their money abroad. yes, we'll all be poorer and living in tents, but we'll feel much better about ourselves knowing that high achievers are somewhere else and not britain. by somewhere else and not britain. by the way, the dreadful tories have a similar policy, i should add. labour are going to launch add. labour are going to launch a border security command, which sounds like something out of star trek. and to be fair, sir keir starmer and mr spock do have a similar level of charisma. now, this plan is just a souped up version of what is already happening at the moment, with more quangos, a likely amnesty of thousands of illegal migrants, a deal with the eu to potentially take more asylum seekers and the axing of the rwanda plan even if it works. so those people smugglers must be quaking in their boots. labour are going to provide more neighbourhood police officers to reduce anti—socia

but has the investigation now been handed to hmrc? is the labour deputy out of the woods yet?my panel react to that and team. my panel react to that and the very first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages. but before that , facing the right before that, facing the right way this time rishi sunak did make a big pitch to win over the so—called silver vote. >> pensioners will be paying tax under any future labour government , and that's the clear government, and that's the clear choice on offer at this election i >> -- >> but is he putting pensioners before young people? i put that to conservative mp greg smith. that's right. after this welcome back to patrick christys tonight on gb news still to come, i will bring you the very first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages with tonight's lively panel. and we'll be speaking to a labour frontbencher . but the frontbencher. but the conservative party has made two flagship policy announcements that have pitted the young against the old, vowing to bring in mandatory national service for 18 year olds while also promising a new quadruple loc

hmrc horrendous. the work. hmrc horrendous. >> the passport office. >> the passport office. >> yes.en you know, insurance companies, broadband companies i mean they've always been bad but they're far worse now. so absolutely people definitely need to get into the office. however in my business money magpie.com, we've been working from home for the last ten years, so you know, i'm very i'm 5050. >> it's the first time you've got properly dressed . got properly dressed. >> oh pretty much i'm in my pyjamas most of the time. yeah but actually i say that you see the people who work for me, they , they're either in relationships or they've got families or as you say, they've got dogs. me i live on my own. so what i do is i go to a workspace because i've always worked for myself. i've always been freelance , never had a job. been freelance, never had a job. nasty things. jobs. no no no. don't want have a job. so i've worked for myself and i know that if i stay indoors all day, i'll get fed up and lonely and i'll get fed up and lonely and i'll be watching telly . so i'll be watching telly.

that's then eligible for gift aid from hmrc and so i think it is a perversion of how the system shouldys to private schools, to the very richest people in society and i'd add one more thing, which is that vat at 20, they say, well, they could all close down. well, it's quite strange because in the last 14 years, private school fees have risen by 20% in real terms. and strangely, when it was just rich schools taking from relatively rich parents, nobody complained then. but the idea that it might go to fund working class people's kids getting good education, well, suddenly it's a problem. >> okay, clare, what do you make of this ? two things, i don't for of this? two things, i don't for one minute think that this school closed because of the thought of starmer removing the charitable status because that, in effect, is the legislation that starmer wants to bring in, remove the charitable status of private schools and impose the 20% vat. and part of that i am so not in agreement with anything that benjamin has just said , and i'm so not in said, and i'm so not in agreement with keir's, add

last year, a damning report from the government's spending watchdog found taxpayers were on hold to hmrc tax year, it was less than half that time before the covid pandemic. fewer calls are now being answered and those who do manage to get through spend longer on the phone amid what's being called a declining spiral of customer service and some good news for fans of the comedy, legally blonde, it is returning to screens in the form of a prequel series. the character, portrayed by reese witherspoon , will be bending and witherspoon, will be bending and snapping her way back to the small screen in a series titled l, with its clever critique of the dumb blonde stereotype, the original film became an instant classic when it premiered in 2001. for the latest stories , 2001. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. carmelites now it's back to . patrick. >> anybody who wants to teach children under the age of nine years old about sex needs to have their hard drive checked. schools in england will be banned from teaching s

and then you've got hmrc apparently snooping through your bank account as well . account as well. >>n the spy and spy thing . the spy and spy thing. >> this is a sensationalist headune >> this is a sensationalist headline from the telegraph. they're using technology to try and understand how big people's properties are. by the way, i haven't got my tarpaulin up, but some of your comments today. darren. yes, you. it's as though you're auditioning to to be be a stand up comedian. >> i'm chuckling away in the breaks . breaks. >> well, jonathan says, darren, this garden thing terrifies me. ispent this garden thing terrifies me. i spent my savings buying a piece of land beside my small garden , from the local farmer to garden, from the local farmer to plant as woodland for the benefit of wildlife and the environment. it has no financial value and i can barely afford it, as it is another tax that would break me. >> look, don't bother me about the size of the garden. >> it's really straightforward. if you live in a big expensive house, you should pay progressively more in tax and not a huge

hmrc comes taxes. and for what?u don't feel like you're self—assessment properly. illegal immigrants cost our pubuc illegal immigrants cost our public services around £12,000 a year per person . reportedly, year per person. reportedly, official figures show that there are at least 1.2 million illegal immigrants in britain, so that's your 14 billion quid's worth of tax payers money. that's just shy of 10% of nhs england's budget for the year. we're spending £370 million on the rwanda plan. we've given the french £476 million. reportedly. you're paying for all of that as well . i you're paying for all of that as well. i bet loads of you have struggled to find a school place for you, your children, your grandchildren, etc. i bet that you've struggled to get a gp appointment recently, or you've been waiting for a routine operation. i bet your local council is in financial difficulty. i bet your potholes on your road haven't been filled in recently. i bet your loved ones are struggling with low housing stock, and this co

last year, a damning report from the government's spending watchdog found taxpayers were on hold to hmrc for around 7,000,000 hours in that tax yeah 7,000,000 hours in that tax year. it was less than half that time before the pandemic. fewer calls are now being answered and those who do manage to get through spend longer on the phone amid what's being called a declining spiral of customer service . and junior doctors in service. and junior doctors in england have entered mediated talks with the government with a view to end their long running dispute over pay. the british medical association said that its junior doctors committee had entered a new intensive phase of talks. junior doctors have staged a series of walkouts over the past year as part of a campaign by the bma calling for pay campaign by the bma calling for pay restoration. the health secretary, victoria atkins, said she was pleased the bma have agreed to explore mediation . agreed to explore mediation. fought the latest stories? you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or you can go to gb news

yeah, because hmrc don't do that already. ask poor old gary barlow and closing non—dom loopholes .a non—dom loopholes. yes. what a great idea. scare off rich people and get them to spend and invest their money abroad. yes, we'll all be poorer and living in tents, but we'll feel much better about ourselves knowing that high achievers are somewhere else and not britain. by somewhere else and not britain. by the way, the dreadful tories have a similar policy, i should add. labour are going to launch add. labour are going to launch a border security command, which sounds like something out of star trek. and to be fair, sir keir starmer and mr spock do have a similar level of charisma. now, this plan is just a souped up version of what is already happening at the moment, with more quangos, a likely amnesty of thousands of illegal migrants, a deal with the eu to potentially take more asylum seekers and the axing of the rwanda plan even if it works. so those people smugglers must be quaking in their boots. labour are going to provide more neighbourhood police officers to reduce anti—socia

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. >> so and also getting money off your tax bill because he fought a court battle with hmrc over £49ax. and £4.9 million in unpaid tax. and part of his defence was that he isn't a proper employee of the bbc because, look at all his political activism on twitter. that's separate to that. so he used it to bolster his freelance i >> -- >> yeah, we shouldn't be making crying a defence. i remember ted bundy crying. yeah, he was still a wrong'un . yeah. a wrong'un. yeah. >> however good looking and dreamy he was. and also , where dreamy he was. and also, where were his tears? where were gary lineker's tears? on october the 7th? >> oh they weren't. >> oh they weren't. >> well, he covers that. obviously. we all know october 7 happened, but the minute you raise your voice against what they're doing now, you get accused of being a supporter of hamas and this kind of stuff. and he talks about, he says, we all know that the history of this area of the world goes way back before october 7. i'd love to hear gary lineker giving a middle east history lecture. i think that would be really enriching b

yes, i think she might have had some decent news from hmrc as well today , but, but hmrc as well today she might have had with some, some particular gentleman in ashton, today's gwyneth of the greatest britain. mark, i'm going to ask you to name them again for me, please. he's pretty cool. >> bit. >> bit. >> and harley hollingworth, who saved a chap's life , or at saved a chap's life, or at least, in any event prevented him from killing himself, taking his own life. so so well done, mark. who's your union? jackass? please. keir starmer for me. >> 13 months to fail to make a decision about whether diane abbott can be a labour candidate on a very short letter in a newspaper. pathetic. >> okay, go on. >> okay, go on. >> my nomination is the junior doctors for playing politics with people's lives. people will die during this strike and it is politically motivated. it's unforgivable. and it hasn't got very much support. >> i do find it, you know, really it is people's lives. i know i'm, you know, strike action can be an important vessel to getting your demands met and all of that . and i do