includes pensioners who shouldn't actually be paying national insurance at all.this increase in the national insurance thresholds will benefit 31 million people, actually there is about five and half million pensioners who should not be paying national insurance. they are not going to benefit. another deal that would benefit is a labour government, is the woman who missed out as a result of the pension change by a coalition government. this is a group, a campaign group of women against state pension inequality. they were affected by change made in 2010 which accelerated the rate at which the state pension age increased which meant many of them had been expecting to retire at 60 and had to work many years longer. the campaign groups say that means many women born in the 50s didn't have enough notice of the change to make the adjustments they needed, couldn't save for it and prepare for it and asa save for it and prepare for it and as a result suffered financial hardship while they were waiting for the pension to kick in. labour are promising to pay compensation to

we're going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000. jo swinson launches the lib dems‘ manifesto — she predicts a £50 billion remain bonus, and a new kind of politics. i'm not a tribal politician, and where we agree, where we share values, where we share objectives, i will always be open to working with people. but i fundamentally do not think borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn are fit to lead our country. we'll look at all those pledges — both lib dem and tory — and do the sums. also tonight: prince andrew announces tonight he is stepping back from public duties for the foreseeable future, following his interview about his friendship with jeffrey following his interview about his friendship withjeffrey epstein. the charity that usually offers dental care in poor countries, now offering its services here. jose mourinho is appointed manager at spurs. has the self—styled special one still got what it takes? later in the hour, we will have sportsday with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. good ev

we are going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000., of tax cuts for all, including lower earners, but the £12,500 starting rate for national insurance would be phased in over years. there'd be an immediate increase to £9,500, worth £85 a year, say, from next april. if the conservatives were to raise the national insurance threshold this far, it would not leave them with much space at all, really, for additional spending increases or tax cuts elsewhere. they've said they want to balance the current budget. this would use up all of the headroom they have got. borisjohnson‘s tax promise echoed a pledge made during his party leadership campaign. his opponents, as you would expect, were not impressed. borisjohnson is throwing around spending pledges and tax cuts like confetti. but he's not telling you how he's going to pay for it. and given that his proposals for brexit will undermine our economy and reduce growth, these pledges are completely unbelievable. well, it is a regressive tax. yes, of course some people will benefit from this but

they will pledge today not to raise rates of income tax, national insurance, or vat. harder for the government to raise money, but the tories are still pledging to spend. mrjohnson has already promised money for the health service, for more police, for education. today there will be costly pensioner family projects, too, like keeping the pension triple lock and winter fuel payments. as well as more money for childcare, to fix potholes, and for a skills fund. the manifesto will pledge to end car parking charges at hospitals for protected groups — nhs staff on night shifts, disabled patients, the terminally ill and their families. the conservatives say their plans are fully costed and affordable and they will spend the next three weeks trying to persuade you that they've got the best plan on offer. nick earley, bbc news. our assistant political editor norman smith is in telford where the conservatives will launch their manifesto. this will launch their manifesto. is the last of the big pa to this is the last of the big parties to launch their manifesto, are you exciting

the pledge to up the national insurance threshold, lowering the amount that we all pay national insurancectually. he will bring the first measure in in his first budget, now take the fish out up to 9500. then, over time, budget, now take the fish out up to 9500. then, overtime, they budget, now take the fish out up to 9500. then, over time, they want to ta ke 9500. then, over time, they want to take it up to 12,500, although we don't know exactly when that will be. if we are lucky enough to be re—elected, the first budget, will go re—elected, the first budget, will 9° up re—elected, the first budget, will go up to the 9500 threshold. that will, as i say, put £500 in the pocket of everybody. we will then ta ke pocket of everybody. we will then take a further step and we will sit out the timescale at the budget up to 12,500. we want to operate in a prudent way, but we do want to help now with the cost of living. so, it's happening, it is going to cost a lot of money. we will wait for the tory manifesto, probably the next few days, to find out exactly where thatis few days, to find out exact

we're going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000.he liberal democrats launch their election manifesto — promising to stop brexit in order to generate a £50 billion pound bonus for public services. i'm not a tribal politician, and where we agree, where we share values, where we share objectives, i will always be open to working with people. but i fundamentally do not think borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn are fit to lead our country. another blow for president trump, as the hearing into his impeachment continues in washington. and jose mourinho takes charge of spurs — does the manager known as the "special one" still have it? enjoy me and the rest of the game for election cast in half an hour where we'll look at today positive big event on the campaign trail which was the launch of the libby dam manifesto. -- lib —— lib dem. in the last hour prince andrew has announced he is stepping down from public duties for the foreseeable future after being engulfed in the scandal involving jeffrey epstein. the duke of york denies an allegation that

the headlines at 11:00pm a pledge not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance from borisjohnson as he unveils the conservatives‘ election ma nifesto. let's go for sensible, moderate, but taxcutting, one nation conservative government, and take this country forward. the tories also promise to add 50,000 nurses to the nhs in england, and restore nursing grants. labour pledges to compensate nearly 4 million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. five teenagers are arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema. machetes are recovered and vue cinemas pull the gang film blue story. china's secret brainwashing camps. bbc panorama goes inside the network of high—security prisons where inmates are indoctrinated and punished. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, ros altmann and mihir bose. stay with us for that. borisjohnson has launched the conservative party's election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament as soon as possible after the election if he wins. in a speech in telford

increases and in fa ct a national insurance increases and in fact a big national insurance cut. protect pensioners with the triple lock and the bus pass, you know, there is lots of things to please different groups here. but what about the lack of commitment when it comes to social care. that is a big... that is very big. he made a big point about it when he was campaigning to become conservative party leader and nothing has been said, of course this moves away from the policy that tripped up theresa may. they have steered completely clear of anything to do with social care which is a shame, because this is the biggest failure of social policy in our lifetime. it needs to be addressed. it needs to be addressed, they say it needs cross—party consensus, we have had some. it doesn't need more money, it needs a reform, a radical overhaul but we are still nowhere after so many... maybe the figures arejust after so many... maybe the figures are just too eye—watering. after so many... maybe the figures are just too eye-watering. relative to 34 are just too eye-watering. relative to 3a

the national insurance threshold costs the exchequer £2.5 billion a year.oesn't undo 10 years of austerity. all of that basically is funded by not cutting corporation tax, a tax on business profits, to 17p and leaving it at 19p instead. about half a billion is also raised from increasing the money charged to migrants to use the health service. this is not a transformative and effective in terms of tax and spending pledges, it is steady as she goes, take on board the increases announced earlier this year, and not much in addition. the big takeaway here is that most of the cuts we have seen over the last decade will be baked into spending over the next four years, u nless spending over the next four years, unless more money turns up later on. the big picture is several billion a year not several tens of billions. on top of all this, there is extra investment spending of £8bn a year for things like research and development, and potholes. but they do have space to do a lot more within the new borrowing rules. but the chancellor and prime minister want to keep a

we are going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000.ners, but the £12,500 starting rate for national insurance would be phased in over years. there'd be an immediate increase to £9,500, worth £85 a year, say, from next april. if the conservatives were to raise the national insurance threshold this far, it would not leave them with much space at all, really, for additional spending increases or tax cuts elsewhere. they've said they want to balance the current budget. this would use up all of the headroom they have got. borisjohnson's tax promise echoed a pledge made during his party leadership campaign. his opponents, as you would expect, were not impressed. borisjohnson is throwing around spending pledges and tax cuts like confetti. but he's not telling you how he's going to pay for it. and given that his proposals for brexit will undermine our economy and reduce growth, these pledges are completely unbelievable. well, it is a regressive tax. yes, of course some people will benefit from this but the very well—off will benefit even more

we are going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000.or all, including lower earners, but the £12,500 starting rate for national insurance would be phased in over years. there would be an immediate increase to £9,500, worth £85 a year, say, from next april. if the conservatives were to raise the national insurance threshold this far, it would not leave them with much space at all, really, for additional spending increases or tax cuts elsewhere. they have said they want to balance the current budget. this would use up all of the headroom they have got. borisjohnson's tax promise echoed a pledge made during his party leadership campaign. his opponents, as you would expect, were not impressed. borisjohnson is throwing around spending pledges and tax cuts like confetti. but he's not telling you how he's going to pay for it. and given that his proposals for brexit will undermine our economy and reduce growth, these pledges are completely unbelievable. well, it is a regressive tax. yes, of course some people will benefit from this but the very

we're going to be cutting a national insurance up to 12,000.nt inquiry in washington, a us diplomat says he followed president trump's orders to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are columnist at the guardian, 0wenjones and brexit editor at the telegraph, dia chakravarty. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in and most of them feature prince andrew. ‘duke departs from public ways' is how the telegraph describes the prince taking a step—back from public duties — following his association with jeffrey epstein. the i refers to it as a ‘crisis at the palace' and says the duke has finally shown sympathy with epstein‘s victims. also calling it a crisis is the times — who say the controversy had been a major disruption to the royal family. and the metro calls him — ‘the banned old duke of york‘ moving to politics — the guardian leads with labour‘s promise to spend £75billion on the uk‘s ‘housing crisis. and donald trump‘s impeachmen

borisjohnson pledges not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance as he unveils the conservativelection manifesto. lets go up for a sensible, moderates, but tax cutting one nation conservative and take this country forwards. the tories also promise to add 50—thousand more nurses to the nhs in england, and restore nursing grants. labour pledges to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. five teenagers are arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema which saw a number of police officers injured. polls have closed in hong kong where there's been a record turnout in local elections. manchester united are losing 2—1 to sheffield wednesday. full details in sports day in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. borisjohnson has launched the conservative party's election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament as soon as possible after the election, if he wins. in a speech in telford in shropshire, he offered what he called a "route map" to take the country forward. for the nhs in england t

the headline promise of this manifesto is the conservative pledge not to raise income tax, national insurancecontributions or vat. the so—called triple tax lock. they also kept up the pressure on labour over the nhs by promising 50,000 nurses — more than double what labour were proposing. but there was no mention in the manifesto of boris johnson's promise to raise higher rate tax threshold to £80,000. that's the second tax u—turn by mrjohnson after he ditched the promise to cut corporation tax. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, was watching that manifesto launch in telford. he is life for us now. thank you, this was a slimmed down, stripped back, take no chance manifesto delivered with a m minute speech. the manifesto just 59 pages, lots of pictures in it, and you get the sense that team johnson want to take no chances with the selection. there was nothing particularly surprising in this manifesto document, setting out many of the core themes which mr johnson has established during this election. brexit at the forefront, a pledge to get brexit done, a pledge to recruit 20,000 mor

it was all about national insurance and the threshold with which you start paying national insurancees out of your pay packet and the reason he blurted it out, was thanks to somebody called claire cartledge who was a worker at, i am called claire cartledge who was a worker at, iam not called claire cartledge who was a worker at, i am not sure with the factory was. the prime minister was visiting and she had the question. the taxes for people like you or people like us? low taxes for the working people. and if you look at what we're doing and i said in the la st what we're doing and i said in the last few days, we are going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000, we are going to make sure what to cut business rates for small businesses, where cutting taxes for working people stop byjust to be clear, national insurance contributions you currently pay 12%, we re contributions you currently pay 1296, were borisjohnson saying that eventually that threshold at which a start paying you 12% will go up to about £12,500, that is an aspiration and next year, it will start going up and ne

party will launch its general election manifesto later — with a pledge not to raise income tax, national insurancer vat. in a speech in shropshire, borisjohnson will pledge to bring his eu withdrawal deal back to the house of commons before christmas, if he wins the election next month. our political correspondent, tom barton, reports. he wants to keep the top job. and later this afternoon, he'll set out what he says he's got to offer. central to the conservatives‘ manifesto — bringing the law that would make brexit happen back here before christmas and getting it agreed before the brexit deadline at the end of january. beyond that, there's the question of getting a trade deal agreed. michael gove today confident that would happen next year. we've done a huge amount of work already, alongside the withdrawal agreement, in the political declaration, which lays the groundwork for the deal that we want. across europe, there is an appetite to ensure that we tie up the loose ends, we conclude a relationship based on free trade and friendly cooperation. away from brexit, the conservatives are promising t

the national insurance threshold costs the exchequer £2.5 billion a year.ises and tax cuts. it's very modest — for example, there's no income tax cut for higher earners, that was promised to the pm's party members. it doesn't undo ten years of spending squeezes either. all of that basically is funded by not cutting corporation tax, a tax on business profits, to i7p — and leaving it at i9p instead. about half a billion is also raised from increasing the money charged to migrants to use the health service. this is not a transformative ma nifesto this is not a transformative manifesto in terms of tax and spending pledges, pretty much steady as she goes, taking on board the increases announced earlier this year and not much in addition, so i think the big takeaway here is that most of the cuts that we've seen over the last decade will be pegged into spending over the next three or four years unless more money turns up four years unless more money turns up later on. the big picture is several billions a year, not several tens of billions — seen in the other majo

it was all about national insurance. and they come out of your pay packet. reason he blurted it out was thanks to somebody called claire cartledge who was its doors for washing the teens in teesside. he did a q&a for the workforce and in came claire with a killer question. you said low tax. you mean low tax for people like you or people like us? i mean low tax for people of the working people and if you look at what we are doing, and what i said in the last few days, we are going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000, making sure that we cut business rates for small businesses, we are cutting tax for working people. just to be clear, national insurance contributions, you currently play 1296 contributions, you currently play 12% of your earnings above 8600 and something pounds. that threshold at which you start playing 12%, going up which you start playing 12%, going up to £12,500. it will start going up, the threshold, to £9,500, saving your average worker about £100 a year initially. it affects millions and millions of people but it's a small tax cu

. 0n threshold in which people start to pay national insurance. the window of the 19505. this is a group who are affected backin this is a group who are affected back in 2010 when changes to the state pension age were celebrated and women were told that even though they are expected to retire at 60, they are expected to retire at 60, they would have to work several yea rs they would have to work several years longer. campaign groups say as a result many women born in the 19505 did not have enough time to prepare and suffered financial hardship as a result of that delay while they were waiting for their pension to kick in. labour today are promising compensation for those women, on average, they say, of £15,000 rising to £31,000 for the people who are most heavily impacted by that change. they say it is a one off payment, it is going to cost £58 billion according to the labour party, but they say this is a one—off historical redress, what they call a historical debt of honour. they say the state will pick up honour. they say the state will pick up

the conservatives have been talking about, essentially meaning that the rates of income tax, national insurancea conservative government. —— tax lock. they say £1 million boost to childcare as promised and we can hear it all from the prime minister now, the audience taking to their feet as the prime minister prepares to outline the details of the conservative party ma nifesto for details of the conservative party manifesto for the 2019 election. letsjoin manifesto for the 2019 election. lets join proceedings back manifesto for the 2019 election. letsjoin proceedings back in telford. cheering good afternoon, everybody. good afternoon. thank you very much. thank you very much. boris, boris! wonderful to see everybody here today, thank you for coming. we are now, as you know, less than three weeks away from the most critical election in modern memory, when the sta kes for election in modern memory, when the stakes for this country have seldom been higher, and the choice has never been starker. because in the last few days, we have heard from every other party, they have launched their manifestos,

we are going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000. jo swinson launches the lib dem's manifesto she predicts a 50 billion pound remain bonus and investment in schools and support for the low paid. at the trump impeachment inquiry the us ambassador to the eu says the president was behind pressure on ukraine to investigate joe biden. in the last hour prince andrew has announced he is stepping down from public duties for the foreseeable future after being engulfed in the scandal involving jeffrey epstein. the duke of york denies an allegation that he had sex with a 17—year—old girl procured for him by his friend epstein, the financier who killed himself in a us prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. let's talk now to royal commentator. this is an unprecedented statement. it was issued by buckingham palace royal communications just before six o'clock this evening. if ijust read it to you, this was a statement by his royal highness the duke of york. it says, it has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumst

triple tax look for the next 5 years that means the conservatives went to increase income tax national insurance or v.a. team it also promises to get the breaks it withdraw agreement back for a parliamentary vote before december 25th paul brennan reports telford. the conservatives are riding comfortably ahead in the latest opinion polls 47 percent support compared with labor's 28 percent the party faithful greeted boris johnson with a sense of growing belief a belief that the prime minister is happy to promote. i want you to imagine what the country could be like in just 10 years' time if we can get a working majority on the 12th of december i want you to look forward to a britain where the streets are safer where the air is cleaner where we've built 40 new hospitals are the direct result of the decisions taken in the last 3 months the 59 page manifesto pledges not to increase income tax national insurance tax all the 85 years is more money for childcare road repairs 50000 new nurses and keeping the triple lock guaranteeing increases to the state pension will play well with conservative voters b

first the headlines: borisjohnson pledges not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance, as he unveilstion manifesto. labour is pledging to compensate nearly a million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. six teenagers arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema. machetes are recovered and vue cinemas pull the film blue story. leaked documents has revealed thousands of chinese citizens being held in secret detention camps and what critics say is an attempt to brainwash them. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the writer and broadcaster mihir bose and former conservative pensions minister ros altmann. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the stakes have never been higher. borisjohnson‘s words are on the front of the daily telegraph after he launched the conservative manifesto, making it clear that he would not enter into a spending competition with jeremy corbyn. the metro has the same borisjohnson quote alongside his promise to deliver brexit by the new year, to allow him to f

then to taxpayers saying vat, national insurance, income tax, that will not go up.t bill before christmas and i intend to have the withdrawal agreement signed, sealed and delivered before january. a pledge also that they will be no further extension. he is not going to seek further delay as we try to negotiate a trade agreement. team johnson ferry bullish that they can pull off this trade agreement by december next year. a lot of people, the tories hoof out of the party, saying no, no, no, this is going to take time and the danger is no deal emerges in the future. i think it is a message of reassurance. you emerges in the future. i think it is a message of reassurance. you get the sense that the game plan of team johnson isjust to the sense that the game plan of team johnson is just to consolidate what they have got, rather than to take risks and go out there with tax cuts and policy proposals to bring in new tranches of voters. they want to settle down their bedrock support. they take the view that will be enough to get them across the line. as you say, norman, bre

is it a cut in national insurance people are interested in?oneering already upon us. and whatever you're going to do, how are you going to pay for it? this is it, the money has to come from somewhere. this is the gift, this is also the gift. there is no such thing as a free gift. somebody is paying for it. theresa may told us there was no such thing as the magic money tree. john mcdonnell sort of hinted where they we re mcdonnell sort of hinted where they were coming from. he said it was all about that top 5%, he will skim off the cream, and they are at least in theory transparent about that. costings are yet to come out exactly where that will happen, but he is all about projecting the —— protecting the majority of people so they are not paying more tax. in theory borisjohnson has gone a step further and will be giving people this little windfall. whether people think that £460 a year is worth it when it comes to all the other things that were kind of disappear into the small print, as i say, early days. what has happened in australia, severa

he announced a plan for a triple lock, promising to freeze income tax, vat and national insurance. and zero net carbon emissions by 2050. but he said the most critical element of the plan was to make sure britain left the european union. let's talk to warwick lightfoot, he was a special adviser to three conservative chancellors, and is now the director of economics and social policy at policy ecxhange. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. it was something of a damp squib, borisjohnson us. it was something of a damp squib, boris johnson describing us. it was something of a damp squib, borisjohnson describing it asa squib, borisjohnson describing it as a partial blueprint for the future, that is not going to set the world on fire? what i have found a new manifesto so far is it is a realistic political document that is set against the constraints that all politicians face when they have to make these decisions. the tax pledges are there, we have a very high tax burden at the moment, and i think a centre—right party probably has got to suggest h

though actually, do you remember, the last manifesto, "no increase in national insurance" and that cameammond. yeah, it did. i think, that the first off there is a factual thing about manifestos. they are a bit different to a prime minister or a leader of the opposition giving a speech in saying that these are the different things that i would like to do. for a technical reason, in that the house of lords by convention does not block things that the parliament wants to do, a government wants to do, if it was in that manifesto. so, it is the kind of thing that, even if it seems outrageous to those they are not going to be in theory allows a blockage of the government gets a majority. i have to say, though, i was listening to deborah matheson, who is one of the... ugh! i don't mean that about deborah, i mean what she was staying. because i heard it too. i didn't. it was that most people do not pay very much attention to manifestos. but they have a dynamic in terms of their campaign and they know that they can change the direction of campaigns. i'm not sure that either of them or the other

borisjohnson boris johnson announcing the threshold for national insurance payments would be raised,onnell said the pies will cost the economy £11 billion a year, he said even after ten years of cruel cuts and creaking public services that boys still think the answer to the challenges of our time is a tax cut of £1 60 for a week. there was a universal credit get about 60 p. he said experts have said this will cost u p said experts have said this will cost up to £11 billion, so everyone who relies on public services and social security will be wondering whether they will be paying the price. that is reaction to that confirmation of plants from the tories to cut the threshold for national insurance payments. a former employee of the british consulate in hong kong has told the bbc he was tortured in mainland china and accused of inciting political unrest. simon cheng says he was blindfolded and hooded while he was detained for a fortnight in august. the foreign secretary has summoned the chinese ambassador, but china says it won't accept the summons and has told britain to stop interfer

borisjohnson pledges not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance as he unveils the conservative'sedges to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. five teenagers are arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema which saw a number of police officers injured. polls have closed in hong kong where there's been a record

the headlines: the conservatives will pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance contributions or vat when they publish their election manifesto this afternoon. labour has pledged to compensate nearly 4 million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. voters in hong kong have turned out in large numbers to vote in local elections, seen as a test of support for the territory's chief executive, carrie lam. five teenagers have been arrested after a large brawl at a cinema in birmigham last night which saw a number of police officers injured. we will bejoined we will be joined by viewers on bbc one atipm we will be joined by viewers on bbc one at 1pm after the weather. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: could this be the future of gaming? move over vin diesel, we're about to get fast and furious. and are you ready for a debate with a robot? streaming services have changed the entertainment landscape. they're taking bigger and bigger chunks from the dvd market, they've completely revolutionised the music industry, and they've got terrestrial

rate and so oi'i. rate, national insurance rate and so on.e tax law because they call it. and not one for example the issue is whether you have thresholds as well, you can have a back door tax rise without increasing the overall headline rate. i think the question ultimately will come down to whether people believe either party ca n to whether people believe either party can deliver what they are proposing because labour has an extraordinarily ambitious programme. that one is even more ambitious on the question is, on both sides, do you like what is proposed, you have to exercise scepticism and are they deliverable. some of these things probably are. also included, we understand it's a promise to return the withdrawal agreement bill to parliament before christmas and take us parliament before christmas and take us out of the eu by the end of january. us out of the eu by the end of january. this is get brexit done they keep saying but this is not getting brexit done, this isjust the first step on a huge ten year programme to disengage from a w

the conservatives will pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance contributions or vat when theyection manifesto this afternoon. labour has pledged to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. voters in hong kong have turned out in large numbers to vote in local elections — seen as a test of support for the territory's chief executive, carrie lam. five teenagers have been arrested after a large brawl at a cinema in birmigham last night which saw a number of police officers injured. now on bbc news — peter taylor follows the fight for justice by a tight—knit group women for the journalist lyra mckee, who was shot dead in april by the new ira. derry — or londonderry. april by the new ira. famous for its murals, notorious for its troubles, and now celebrated in the television series derry girls. i've been talking to the real derry girls, who, like their tv counterparts, are gutsy, funny, and brave. i'm sinead, i was born in the bogside in 1981. i am the only protestant in the derry girls. they couldn't have the bus across the

an announcement that there will be no rises in income tax, national insurance, or vat. pension triple lock and winter fuel payments. and a promise of more money for childcare, a pothole filling programme and a national skills fund. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is following the story. boris johnson's bits borisjohnson‘s bits the country tomorrow will feel very familiar to the pt has been making for months 110w. the pt has been making for months now. unsurprisingly, at its heart will be that pledged to deliver brexit. the conservatives will see tomorrow that if they win a majority brexit bill, the withdrawal agreement bill, will be back in parliament before christmas. all pa rt parliament before christmas. all part of a strategy to make sure that the new deadline of the end of january is met. what mrjohnson will call an early christmas present to the nation. now, his opponents will point out that even if we do leave at the end of january there will still be months, potentially years of trade talks to come. but the conservatives believe that the simple act of le

the conservatives will pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance contributions or vat when theylish their election manifesto this afternoon. labour has pledged to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. voters in hong kong have turned out in large numbers to vote in local elections — seen as a test of support for the territory's chief executive, carrie lam. a number of police officers have been assaulted while trying to break up a large brawl at a cinema in birmingham. before the papers — sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. england's cricketers are in big trouble in the first test, having falled well behind on day four in mount maunganui. they'll need to bat out the final day tomorrow for a draw, they've seven wickets in hand. jb watling continued his sensational innings, making 205, ably supported by mitchell santner who hit a century, as they declared on 615—9. england finished on 55—3 at the close, losing three wickets forjust six runs — that's 207 runs behind as they crumbled

conservatives are making promises or national insurance and have all the latest on westminster.is is a huge numberfor the royal family. prince interest to be back from royal duties of the following from royal duties of the following from his bbc news the interview continues. a few hours becky released this statement which he can find online in full, in it he says the circumstances well, let's hear the reaction of the royal commentator. his vision was untenable when it came to the after the interview, he went into the interview believing it was crisis management but created a crisis instead of managing it. there was no other direction he could go to my sponsors were falling by the wayside. kpmg sponsorship and finished in october and not renewing but other sponsors have said they are not renewing at the end of the year went their contracts were terminated. the organisations can't cope and can't function without sponsors. so everything was falling about him like dominoes but he was really left with no alternative but to step back from public duty. very difficult for prince andrew,

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not to do something rather than to do something that's not to increase rates of income tax national insurance . that's the kind of promise that can come back to you later on if you do need to raise more tax revenues the opposition parties are also critical. to anybody and i think continuation of what we had for the past 9 years very disappointing the question facing the wavering voters does this manifesto have enough in it. this is a c 3 this tells us it. was it is she said she was essentially there. would be said she didn't think they'd take a chance to see. her exact probably. does. still ahead on this sound as our news hour another round of talks we look at the challenges behind drafting a new constitution for syria fast breathing new life into the world's coral reefs how the pacific waters off allow our becoming a beacon of hope and in sport the long range practice that came with a record prize we'll be here with the contestant to destroy us. we've got some quotes of weather pushing into northeastern parts of the u.s. now this area cloud here has been affecting least disabled up towards t

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a triple tax for the next 5 years that means the conservatives went to increase income tax national insurance and. the manifestos of hours to get the breaks it withdraw agreement back propound miter vote before december 25th reports from telford. the conservatives are riding comfortably ahead in the latest opinion polls 47 percent support compared with labour's 28 percent the party faithful greeted boris johnson with a sense of growing belief a belief that the prime minister is happy to promote. i want you to imagine what the country could be like in just 10 years' time if we can get a working majority on the 12th of december i want you to look forward to a britain where the streets are safer where the air is cleaner where we've built 40 new hospitals is a direct result of the decisions taken in the last 3 months the 59 page manifesto pledges not to increase income tax national insurance tax all the 85 years as more money for child care in road repairs 50000 new nurses and keeping the triple lock guaranteeing increases to the state pension will play well with conservative voters but it remain

talk us through your plans for national insurance contributions.that is a saving of almost £500 per person and we‘re doing this because we have always believed that we have shown that these since being backin we have shown that these since being back in office that hard—working people should be able to keep more of their hard earned cash. one thing developing is trust, that we need to be able to trust what people say, specifically the leaders of party so ifi specifically the leaders of party so if i read a quote from boris johnson, he says, if we‘re lucky enough to elected, the first budget we will go up to the £9,500 threshold and that we‘ll put £500 into the pockets of everybody. is that true? what the prime minister is talking about is the first phase of the increase, £9,500, and then the ambition to get it even further and get more tax cut to get into £12,500. i was very careful to read out what he said and what he said was wrong. we have been very clear and, as soon as the prime minister finished answering a straightforward a nswer finished an

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