we won't increase income tax or national insurance. - in fact, we oppose the increases to national insuranceput those forward as chancellor. - so that is a very expensive commitment. in other words, that's a huge amount of money that she would not have to play with if she's lucky enough to become the chancellor in six weeks' time. but isn't this what labour were saying anyway? i thought they said they weren't going to put taxes up. they've said generically that they don't want to increase taxes on working people. that is absolutely not the same as saying, "i am not going to do these things." very, very different in the context of a campaign. yeah, and also, given that there's been two cuts in national insurance by this conservative government, the fact that she says she's not going to put up national insurance presumably means there's a big gap in what she's capable of spending as well. that's right. and remember, the context to whoever wins is that the public kipper, the public books is pretty disastrous, right? there is a huge amount of debt. massive, massive, massive. there have already b

we won't increase income tax or national insurance. - in fact, we oppose the increases to national insurancet those forward as chancellor. - so that is a very expensive commitment. in other words, that's a huge amount of money that she would not have to play with if she's lucky enough to become the chancellor in six weeks' time. but isn't this what labour were saying anyway? i thought they said they weren't going to put taxes up. they've said generically that they don't want to increase taxes on working people. that is absolutely not the same as saying, "i am not going to do these things." very, very different in the context of a campaign. yeah, and also, given that there's been two cuts in national insurance by this conservative government, the fact that she says she's not going to put up national insurance presumably means there's a big gap in what she's capable of spending as well. that's right. and remember, the context to whoever wins is that the public kipper, the public books is pretty disastrous, right? there is a huge amount of debt. massive, massive, massive. there have already bee

i abolish national insurance.nk all this underscores is it's think all this underscores is wsfime think all this underscores is it's time for change and it's time for general election. >> now, the uk health security agency has confirmed 46 cases of cryptosporidium and over 100 others reporting symptoms in brixham and devon. it is thought a damaged air valve on a pipe in a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cattle has been identified as the potential site of the outbreak. bottled water has been handed out to residents, as people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, and schools have been forced to shut. exchequer secretary to the treasury gareth davies says it's important to hold water companies to account. >> it's a very troubling development that we're hearing in devon. of course it is. we've taken very tough action to strengthen the powers of the regulator, to allow them to hold companies to account, as the chancellor has just said. we've seen significant inv

vat or national insurance.ast iron guarantee that the new labour government would not raise any one of those three taxes. keir starmer is not making that same pledge . pledge. >> no, you're absolutely right. and if you actually look at the old 1997, tony blair pledge card, in fact, there were a lot of figures in there , but the of figures in there, but the ambitions were in fact fairly moderate, moderate . so, it was moderate, moderate. so, it was 100,000 off nhs waiting lists, for instance, he achieved that class sizes of under 30, for 5 to 7 year olds. he achieved that.in to 7 year olds. he achieved that. in fact, when it when it came to down the economy, he did inherit a much better one than keir starmer would if he becomes prime minister so tony blair managed to keep debt below 40, were now running at about 98. so it makes the job more difficult for an incoming government. either government will have a problem dealing with that. whoever wins, okay. >> nigel nelson, good to see you this morning. thank you ve

timeframe for getting rid of national insurance on workers. the economy and other areas over the next six weeks of this campaign. next on the programme we will talk to labour's yvette cooper. now that we will check on the weather details. the rain has felt relentless across some parts of the uk over the last couple of days. a swirl of cloud and rain, an area of low pressure worked its way in from the near continent and then became very slow—moving. in parts of cumbria, we've seen more than 120 millimetres of rain in the space ofjust 48 hours. the area of low pressure responsible is still with us. but it is filling, it is weakening, loosening its grip so the rain is starting to ease off. that said, still some fairly heavy bursts of rain to come across parts of north west england and southern scotland. a number of flood warnings still in force. a lot of cloud as well for many areas, and the best of any sunshine, i think, found across some southern and eastern counties of england, where temperatures will get to 19 or 20 celsius, but cooler furthe

he wants to abolish national insurance. — else. he wants to abolish national insurance. it _ else.g from. we are no closer to an answer i�*m going to persevere. because last year the prime minister was apparently drawing up plans to remove the winter fuel allowance from pensioners. his paymaster general went a step further. he said these are the sorts of things that we need to look at. so will he now rule out taking pensioners winter fuel payments off them to help fund his £46 billion black hole? mr speaker, it was this government that just this winter provided doubled the winter fuel payment to support pensioners. but what is miss daly crystal clear is that we believe that the double taxation is unfair. we believe that hard work should be rewarded and that is why this week we are cutting taxes by £900 that everyone in work. but in contrast, mr speaker, it is labour�*s newest tax advisor who thinks pensioners should be taxed more. that is his words, mr speaker. this adviser calls them cultures. he thinks that supporting them is a disgrace and he believes that their free tv licences

he was asked about national insurance that the conservatives have brought down a couple of times in the last year or so and was asked if he was going to do it again and he did say that if the space was there than the conservatives would like to bring another national insurance got before the election. if we can afford to go further, responsibly, to reduce the double tax on work this autumn, that is what i will do because over time we make no apology for wanting to keep cutting the double tax on work until it is gone. but only when we can do so without increasing borrowing and without cutting funding for public services or pensions. so that was the chancellor on national insurance and interestingly when asked about another tax increase we have seen, the freezing of thresholds, it's quite complicated but as people's salaries go complicated but as people's salaries 9° up, complicated but as people's salaries go up, and you pay certain levels of tax and it is frozen, when salaries go tax and it is frozen, when salaries 9° up tax and it is frozen, when salaries go up people are paying more t

he was asked about national insurance that the conservatives have brought down a couple of times in theay that if the space was there than the conservatives would like to bring another national insurance got before the election. if we can afford to go further, responsibly, to reduce the double tax on work this autumn, that is what i will do because over time we make no apology for wanting to keep cutting the double tax on work until it is gone. but only when we can do so without increasing borrowing and without cutting funding for public services or pensions.

national insurance contributions when we can afford it.st remember rishi is an economist, a finance. so he knows we've brought inflation down. so there's headroom there. we've now risen to the fourth biggest exporter in the world. we've now got billions, £30 billion last year of investment in the uk. so what we're doing is growing the country as we come out of that, pandemic situation, which affected the world. so what i will say is our government has always protected pensions. i think, rishi said their pensions have had a £3,700 increase since we've been in government. and we all remember that labour did raid the tax, pensions and funds and they did gordon brown give a 75 pay raise. so i think you have got to do what has the conservatives done? what have they pledged to do. and that is keep the triple lock. and who have we always looked after? we have looked after the pensioners. >> it is true to say both parties are saying they'll keep the triple lock. it is also true to say that only 15% of pensioners households now live in relative pov

, scrapping nationat— national insurance, scrapping national insurance, scrapping national insurancenal insurance and a whole bunch of other policies. what we have to look at _ of other policies. what we have to look at is — of other policies. what we have to look at is their record, they crash the economy and why should the britisb— the economy and why should the british people trust... you the economy and why should the british people trust. . ._ the economy and why should the british people trust... you are not answerin: british people trust... you are not answering my _ british people trust... you are not answering my question. _ british people trust... you are not answering my question. my - british people trust... you are not i answering my question. my question is why should they trust your promises on tax? hang on a second. by promises on tax? hang on a second. by sticking to existing rules, the financial rules that you have said the costed manifesto when it comes out. the independent think tank, says that you're banking on growth is wishful thinking. many are so tight there

the conservative party have today said they'll make more cuts to national insurance, if re—elected.ut what trade—offs would be needed if they pursue that? for his thoughts, i spoke earlier to pauljohnson, director of the institute for fiscal studies. that would be very difficult to tear. they have announced twovery big cuts coming up. but now, they have said that they want to get the debt down. there really isn't space for more tax cuts unless they are going to spell out exactly what spending cuts are going to come alongside those. not least because, pencilled into the government's figures already, are some harsh spending cuts across from public services.

[shouting] >> he wants to abolish national insurance. because 46 rebounds but he won't tell us where the money is coming from. we are no closer to an answer. i'm going to persevere because last year the prime minister was barely drawing up plans to remove the winter fuel allowance from pensioners. his paymaster general went a step further. he said these are the sorts of things we need to look at. so with the now rule out taking pensioners winter fuel payments often to help fund his 46 billion-pound black hole? >> mr. speaker, it was discovered that just this winter provided double the winter fuel payment to support pensioners. but what is crystal clear, mr. speaker, is that we believe that the double taxation on work is unfair, mr. speaker, we believe hard work should be rewarded and that's what this week we are cutting taxes by 900 pounds for everyone in work. but in contrast, mr. speaker, it's a labour's news tax advisor who thinks pensioners should be taxed more, his words, this is why he think supporting them it's a disgrace and he b

it has not so far, even i with a 496 cut in national insurance. with a 4% cut in national insurance.e campaign. at the end of the day people want _ during the campaign. at the end of the day people want change. i during the campaign. at the end of the day people want change. they| the day people want change. they have had — the day people want change. they have had enough of all of the scales and they— have had enough of all of the scales and they are like, you know what, we want change — and they are like, you know what, we want change-— want change. dawn, can i ask you, if ima , want change. dawn, can i ask you, if i may. labour— want change. dawn, can i ask you, if i may, labour support _ want change. dawn, can i ask you, if i may, labour support the _ i may, labour support the conservative triple lock, they have made that clear on pensions, but not what they call the triple lock plus. i have not delved into the detail of the triple — i have not delved into the detail of the triple lock plus. what i do know is we _ the triple lock plus. what i do know is we have — the triple lock

in the budget, — the national insurance cuts in the budget, 50— the national insurance cuts in the budget so come clean with the british people. are you planning to reverse _ british people. are you planning to reverse them, and if not, which other— reverse them, and if not, which other taxes— reverse them, and if not, which other taxes will you put up to pay for your— other taxes will you put up to pay for your £38 billion black hole? because — for your £38 billion black hole? because on tax, jobs and welfare reform. — because on tax, jobs and welfare reform, there isn'tjust clear blue water— reform, there isn'tjust clear blue water between the parties, there is deep blue _ water between the parties, there is deep blue water, an ocean of deep blue water— deep blue water, an ocean of deep blue water that is the difference between — blue water that is the difference between more jobs or fewerjobs, between more jobs or fewer jobs, more _ between more jobs or fewerjobs, more people on welfare or fewer. tax cuts or— more people on welfare or fewer. tax cuts or tax— more people on welfare or f

telegraph this morning saying he would be focusing on tax cuts for working people, cuts to national insurance of the two he has already done. he also talked about tax cuts that would boost growth and tax cuts for people who earn between 100,000 and 125,000 a year. not so much on the conservatives are stepping down which i'm sure will be at the forefront of the prime minister and other conservatives' minds but lots more on the economy. to israel now, where the military has continued its attacks across gaza — including in the city of rafah — despite the un's top court ordering it to immediately stop its offensive there on friday.

they point things on the national insurance tax cut they— things on the national insurance tax cut theye election. as we've said from the beginning — election. as we've said from the beginning around the economy, because — beginning around the economy, because in an eb campaign the economy— because in an eb campaign the economy plays big because it is about— economy plays big because it is about how well—off you feel the country — about how well—off you feel the country is — about how well—off you feel the country is going and whether you feel better or worse off. but in this election in particular, what we will hear— this election in particular, what we will hear quite a lot of from the parties — will hear quite a lot of from the parties or— will hear quite a lot of from the parties or at least from people trying — parties or at least from people trying to— parties or at least from people trying to ask the parties, are about tax—and—spend plans. as we hear time and again. _ tax—and—spend plans. as we hear time and again. not— tax—and—spend plans. as we hear time and again, notjust for

national insurance. none of those _ tax, vat and the other one? national insurance. increase them. where will you raise money to pay for all of - not increase them. where will you raise money to pay for all of the i raise money to pay for all of the other projects and announcements you have made? fliur other projects and announcements you have made? . other projects and announcements you have made? , , , , , other projects and announcements you have made? , , , ,, ,, have made? our first six steps, you will have heard _ have made? our first six steps, you will have heard about _ have made? our first six steps, you will have heard about the _ have made? our first six steps, you will have heard about the 40,000 i will have heard about the 40,000 appointments in the nhs, some issues around extra police officers, and the six first steps we will implement in the election are fully costed and fully funded by closing a number of tax loopholes and those are vat on private school fees, private equity bonuses, closure of some of the loopholes in the non—dom tax system and tackl

given any time frame for getting rid of national insurance on workers.'ll be here to verify many many more claims about the economy and other areas over the next six weeks of this campaign. back to you.- over the next six weeks of this campaign. back to you. thank you so much, ben. that _ campaign. back to you. thank you so much, ben. that is _ campaign. back to you. thank you so much, ben. that is going _ campaign. back to you. thank you so much, ben. that is going to - campaign. back to you. thank you so much, ben. that is going to be - campaign. back to you. thank you so much, ben. that is going to be so . much, ben. that is going to be so important during the next few weeks, to cover all the various claims his party leaders are making. we know that rishi sunak is going to visit all the four nations through the course of this first 24 hours, he started very early already. rishi sunak has been in south wales this afternoon, speaking to our wales political editor gareth lewis. well, i know that there's more work to do, and as i said yesterday, i know pe

but i can make the commitment that income tax and national insurance won't go tax and national insurance up tax and national insurance won't go up under a labour government. and of course, the whole five years, the whole five years of the next parliament and on corporation tax and obviously here with businesses at rolls—royce today, have made the commitment that we will freeze corporation tax at its current rate . but if there is any threat rate. but if there is any threat to our competitiveness by other countries reducing their corporation tax, of course we would always look to act . would always look to act. >> there you have it there. so i'm taking off them off here. income tax, corporation tax, national insurance. none of those will go up in the first five years of a labour government. camilla i also asked asked her just for you about a wealth tax. camilla and she and she made very clear that that all there's no they're going nowhere near wealth taxes. so where can this a future labour government work to win given their polling? that is looking like it might happen. where will they r

or vat. i increase income tax, national insurance or vat.— increase income tax, national insurance orday - another ed davey election stunt but is it working? and we speak to the greens. can this be a breakthrough election for them? joining us today forformer election for them? joining us today for former conservative

but i can make the commitment that income tax and national insurance won't go tax and national insurance9° up tax and national insurance won't go up under a labour government. and of course, the whole five years, the whole five years of the next parliament and on corporation tax and obviously here with businesses at rolls—royce today, have made the commitment that we will freeze corporation tax at its current rate . but if there is any threat rate. but if there is any threat to our competitiveness by other countries reducing their corporation tax, of course we would always look to act . would always look to act. >> there you have it there. so i'm taking off them off here. income tax, corporation tax, national insurance. none of those will go up in the first five years of a labour government. camilla i also asked asked her just for you about a wealth tax. camilla and she and she made very clear that that all there's no they're going nowhere near wealth taxes. so where can this a future labour government work to win given their polling? that is looking like it might happen. where will they

lower taxes, lower national insurance, lower taxes . national insurance, lower taxes. open up for businesses, then we'll see taxes come down further. the prime minister says he wants to eradicate national insurance contributions altogether when it allows. that's a bold statement . it's that's a bold statement. it's something i know he wants to work on. we just need to make sure we give the conservative party the opportunity to fulfil these pledges, get the taxes down and get england and the united kingdom on the place where it should be. >> all right, there's your pitch. thank you very much indeed. nick fletcher , indeed. nick fletcher, conservative mp for don valley. great to speak to you. thank you , thank you. >> now, the prime minister's promise to boost state pension payments, as we've just been discussing, discussing this so—called triple lock plus or as we like to call it, the quadruple lock or the quad lock, quadruple lock or the quad lock, quad lock, super duper triple lock, squared , what exactly does lock, squared, what exactly does it mean? good luck. >> wh

we could not look to i raise vat or income tax or national insurance, what we have set out is that we today how we would tax more at the tech giants and digital and social media companies. the snp leader and _ social media companies. the snp leader and scotland's _ social media companies. the snp leader and scotland's first - social media companies. the snp i leader and scotland's first minister john swinney was brewing coffee in edinburgh this morning. the party are still working on its manifesto but has already said it wants to see a cut in vat. but with the main party slightly rolling out increases and the headline rates of tax and national insurance and vat, experts say the one for manoeuvre is becoming severely restricted. if rare becoming severely restricted. if we take them at _ becoming severely restricted. if we take them at their _ becoming severely restricted. if we take them at their word _ becoming severely restricted. hf we: take them at their word there is a serious constraint on future options, that taxes are the biggest tax is racing together two thirds of the toga of

so income tax and national insurance.ean, the conservatives on one hand saying, well, they claim this is a tax cut. of course, as we've explained, what they're actually doing is just not increasing this tax potentially for pensioners or allowing more pensioners to be dragged into this tax. you know, and you've got labor saying we're not going to increase taxes on working age people. there does come a question about, well, look, you know, you've got to think in the round here, well, where are you going to get money from to spend on public services or where are you going to reduce money on spending on public services if you're going to do what both the parties are saying and stick to self imposed rules around things like borrowing. so i think that's the kind of what sits behind this. and of course, during election campaigns, you get what we've heard today and you'll get more of this as the campaign goes on, which is parties trying to grab the headlines and seize the agenda and talk to the voters they really want to win over

tax promises for the main parties now -- what are overwhelmingly the big taxes, income tax, national insurance, and two thirds of the entire tax take. the pledge is now the rates of all three will not be raised. but what does that mean? >> very curious, eccentric set from all of the main parties trying to convince voters. even in the past parliament, from now over the next three years, there will be an 11 million pound rise in the tax burden from the ongoing freeze in tax threshold. even if the rates stay the same. that is the equivalent of a penny on the basic rate, the higher rates, and more. it raises the question about whether these tax pledges are worth much to voters at all. >> to look at this in more detail, i'm joined by helen thornley, a technical officer at the association of taxation techniciansnd an independent observer on all of these things. welcome to the context. when you look at what the major parties have proposed so far, what stands them apart when it comes to their pledges on taxes, but specifically national insurance and income tax? it is difficult to pick them apart. espe

won't be increasing income tax or national insurance if we win the election.y will tax private schools, and that's going to be one of our big debates today. i want to hear from you on this. will labour sink the state school system? >> yes. and another big one is nigel farage's comments about elements of the british muslim community yesterday . community yesterday. >> we're talking about muslims. >> we're talking about muslims. >> here we are. and i'm afraid i found some of the recent surveys saying that 46% of british muslims support hamas , support a muslims support hamas, support a terrorist organisation that is proscribed in this country. >> well, there we go. i mean, there has been considerable backlash to it. there's also been a lot of support. again, let us know what you make of what you said. is gbnews.com forward slash your say yes . forward slash your say yes. >> that is the way to get in touch. first though, we're going touch. first though, we're going to speak to general lord dannatt , former head of the british army, no less, about that bold pledge

national insurance has come down in the past couple of budgets.ted he wants to go further before the general election. have a listen. ii general election. have a listen. if we can afford to go further, responsibly, to reduce the double tax on _ responsibly, to reduce the double tax on work this autumn, that is what _ tax on work this autumn, that is what i _ tax on work this autumn, that is what i will— tax on work this autumn, that is what i will do because over time we make _ what i will do because over time we make no— what i will do because over time we make no apology for wanting to keep cutting _ make no apology for wanting to keep cutting the _ make no apology for wanting to keep cutting the double tax on work until it is gone _ cutting the double tax on work until it is gone. but only when we can do so without— it is gone. but only when we can do so without increasing borrowing and without _ so without increasing borrowing and without cutting funding for public services — without cutting funding for public services or pensions. a without c

i abolish national insurance.s is it's time for change and it's time for general election. >> south west water says cow manure could have led to the outbreak of a parasitic disease in devon that has led to dozens of people experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea . it is thought a and diarrhoea. it is thought a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cattle has been identified as a potential site of the outbreak. bottled water has been handed out to residents as people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, and schools have been forced to shut . exchequer secretary to the treasury gareth davies says it's important to hold water companies to account. >> well, it's a very troubling development that we're hearing in devon. of course it is. we've taken very tough action to strengthen the powers of the regulator to allow them to hold companies to account, as the chancellor has just said, we've seen significant investment as a result of privatisation. the only water company, i

employee national insurance, and but the thing is national insurance isn't paid by pensioners. and now the tories are doing a tax cut for pensioners. except it's not a tax cut. it's insulating pensioners from the tories tax rise in the form of a threshold freeze. there you go. i told you it's a bit complicated but we got through it in the end and i'm sure it's all in your head how. >> now. >> martin lee made it bite size even for somebody like me. entertaining, factually packed as ever. liam halligan, thank you very, very much for bringing us up to speed. always a pleasure. now £20,000 has to be won in our great british giveaway tax free and you need to be quick as lie—ins are going to be quick as lie—ins are going to close this friday and hazel details that you need for your chance to win the wonga. >> it's the final week to see how you can win a whopping £20,000 cash. and because it's totally tax free, every single penny will be in your bank account to do whatever you like. with £20,000 in tax free cash really could be yours this summer. hurry as lines close on friday, you've

today she said if she became chancellor, there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance.cknowledged she would face difficult decisions, and that public services were struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity. but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our frontline public services. that's a down payment on the changes that we want to make. but in the end we'll have to grow the economy. rachel reeves insisted all her plans would be fully costed. she didn't rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today, butjunior treasury minister bimn afolami said in a statement in response... both labour and the conservatives are committed to getting debt falling as a share of national income. but there's a warning whichever party gets into government would find itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are both desperately trying to square a very difficult circle at the moment. if there's going to be no tax increases over the next several years, then it's going to be desperately difficult to find en

today she said if she became chancellor, there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. acknowledged she would face difficult decisions, and that public services were struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity. but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our frontline public services. that's a down payment on the changes that we want to make. but in the end we'll have to grow the economy. rachel reeves insisted all her plans would be fully costed. she didn't rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today, butjunior treasury minister bimn afolami said in a statement in response... this is just the same old labour party who have no plan to cut taxes and instead are leaving hard—working families to foot the bill for their unfunded spending commitments. both labour and the conservatives are committed to getting debt falling as a share of national income. but there's a warning whichever party gets into government would find itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are both desperately tryi

. _ raising income tax and national insurance, and we have said repeatedly that nothing in our planses us — repeatedly that nothing in our plans requires us to raise tax, and that's why we _ requires us to raise tax, and that's why we have — requires us to raise tax, and that's why we have been able to set out our position _ why we have been able to set out our position on— why we have been able to set out our position on vat as well. in why we have been able to set out our position on vat as well.— position on vat as well. in watford, a key battleground _ position on vat as well. in watford, a key battleground seat, _ position on vat as well. in watford, a key battleground seat, market - position on vat as well. in watford, l a key battleground seat, market day, election fever yet to grip here, but some signs the economic weather may be getting a little brighter. i am feelin: be getting a little brighter. i am feeling hopeful. _ be getting a little brighter. i am feeling hopeful. get— be getting a little brighter. i —.n feeling hopeful. get the good weather and everybody is feeling

far, what stands them apart when it comes to their pledges on taxes, but specifically vat, national insurance _ insurance and income tax? it is difficult at the _ insurance and income tax? it 3 difficult at the moment to pick them apart based on that because they have all just apart based on that because they have alljust come out and said they would keep the main rates of that the same. i think it is worth looking at where the wiggle room is they haven't committed to. it is worth backtracking a big, the vat is 20% on most goods and services so there are others available on electricity and gas which is 5% and certain items like food and children's clothing at zero or exempt, so we don't pay that on it. although they are all promising to keep them in 20% rate fixed, there is wiggle room in moving things out of the lower rate categories into the main rates, and the labour party have said they would like to take private school fees, which are currently exempt, as a sip play of education and move that into the main category. so they have constrained themselves in one area but there is movement in

we are already heard two successive national insurance tax cuts. — two successive national insurances. they know— more money in public services. they know that _ more money in public services. they know that the nhs, local councils, schools. _ know that the nhs, local councils, schools. all— know that the nhs, local councils, schools, all of these things are in dire need — schools, all of these things are in dire need of more money and to some ektent— dire need of more money and to some extent reform, but they don't want to see _ extent reform, but they don't want to see more cuts to public services at the _ to see more cuts to public services at the expense of a few, between 50 and hundred opponents in their pay packet _ and hundred opponents in their pay packet every month, so it does not move _ packet every month, so it does not move the _ packet every month, so it does not move the dial for the tories, but labour— move the dial for the tories, but labour party, traditionally the party— labour party, traditionally the party you _ labour party, traditionally the party you associate

labour says it won't raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power.ledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn't rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be "difficult decisions" to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers�* money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that's a down payment on the changes that we want to make. but in the end, we have to grow the economy. rachel reeves insisted all of her plans would be fully costed. she didn't rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the t

the conservative party said on saturday that they'll make more cuts to national insurance, if re—electedd, if they pursue that? pauljohnson — director of the institute for fiscal studies — shared this thoughts. they have just announced two really big cuts to national insurance, which is been very helpful to people on average earnings. but we're now in a position where, givenjeremy hunt and rachel reeves said they want to get the debt down, there really isn't space for more tax cuts unless they're going to spell out exactly what spending cuts are going to come alongside those — not least because penciled into the government's figures already are some harsh cuts across ranges of public services. do you think voters understand enough about debt? i mean, needs be taken presumably in relation to the country's income. i think neither party is spelling out the difficulties. they're both saying they want to get that down. i'm simply taking them out there where there. i'm not saying that is necessary. but both the chancellor and the shadow chancellor remain absolutely crystal clear that they are

more solid from the shadow chancellor rachel reeves that they won't increase income tax or national insurance the manifesto and we obviously don't have party manifestos yet but there is a nugget from it and she was pushed quite hard about labour's spending plans on that interview on laura kuenssberg's show this morning and she didn't rule out future spending cuts. she did say there would be difficult decisions to make and it wouldn't be a return to austerity but she couldn't completely rule out spending cuts. she did talk about the areas where labour are promising extra spending, areas like more teachers, more police officers, and she said that was a down payment for the change that people could expect from labour. now, she was very careful in that interview about what she said and how she said it, and she said and how she said it, and she didn't seem to want to make promises she couldn't keep. she kept talking about labour's plans being fully funded, so she says every promise she has made, she has looked at exactly how they will find that, so what is quite interesting is that the conservativ

tax cuts because national insurance of course is a tax on jobs. question is less about what is the best economically advantageous tax to cut and more about what is the most popular tax to cut? because of course, there is that philosophical drive behind people like jeremy hunt when it comes to inheritance tax. and it would be a very popular move. the question is, is it affordable? can you guarantee growth , can can you guarantee growth, can fund this? can you guarantee that there would be less spending to fund this? or could you be more clever with how you connect collect it? the netherlands charges inheritance tax at just 20% compared to our 40, and they take in proportionally the same amount. interesting well done. actually, that was crisp, sexy and full of impact. indeed thank you very much. tom and the cat always try and be sexy. the always, always and be sexy. the always, always and the cat, as far as we're aware, survives . thank you very aware, survives. thank you very much. tom harwood. right now. right. i've got my hands full here. joining

what is quite interesting is that the conservatives have said they will be aiming to scrap national insurancen response to rachel reeves, they have accused labour of unfunded spending and that they had no plan to cut taxes and ease the burden on families, and they have also said that with labour, they have warned voters it puts them with the same old labour party who as soon as they run out of money "will come after yours". so you can see this will be a very tense topic during the election and those conversations around the economy and taxes willjust keep on going and those arguments will definitely keep on going. you can keep up—to—date with all the twists and turns on the election trail and we are running a continuous live page on the website and on the bbc news app as well. the united nations says more than 670 people are feared dead in a huge landslide in the pacific nation of papua new guinea. dozens of houses are thought to have been buried in rock and earth. the disaster was sparked by an earthquake that hit enga province, some 370 miles north—west 370 miles north—west of the capital.

the general election on the fourth ofjuly, the labor party said it won't raise income tax or national insurancehe election. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, who didn't rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be "difficult decisions" to make. leila nathoo reports. who do you trust with your money? which party should be given control of the public purse? thank you very much. she wants the chance to make decisions on tax and spending. rachel revis making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labor government would ensure economic stability. today she said if she was made translator would be no rises in income tax or national insurance but acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. public services were struggling-— public services were struggling. public services were stru~lin~. �* ., ., ., struggling. we're not going to be bringing — struggling. we're not going to be bringing back— struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity - struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity