idit see is the area she pledged income tax, national insurance.— tax, national insurance.insurance. ian dunt from the i newspaper. thank you | tax, national insurance. ian dunt i from the i newspaper. thank you for joining us here on bbc news. tomorrow is the return of the deputy prime minister. angela rayner will be looking at the kinds of planning changes that this government wants to bring an end. of course they made a commitment to building many more houses. let's turn our attention to the olympics. john daly has what is fifth medal in the men synchronised ten metre platform in paris. let's hear his reaction. we're both over the moon. it's been really special to be able to dive in front of a crowd again, because tokyo is such a different olympics. and, you know, for me to be able to dive in front of my kids and to be able to die in front of my husband and my whole family, all my friends, it was actually really emotional for me to step out in the practice before the competition and see them all there, because like that for me, was my goal this year was to get to the oly

.,, �* campaigning for a lip cut in national insurance? �* ., insurance?he's been fiscally very prudent and she will carry on being like that. with the proceeds of growth she expects to achieve, if you have stability, which we haven't had, if you have reform and you have investment, we will have economic growth. let harriet finish. for _ will have economic growth. let harriet finish. for two - will have economic growth. let harriet finish. for two years, i will have economic growth. let| harriet finish. for two years, we had to stick _ harriet finish. for two years, we had to stick to _ harriet finish. for two years, we had to stick to low _ harriet finish. for two years, we had to stick to low increases - harriet finish. for two years, we had to stick to low increases in l had to stick to low increases in taxes and cuts in public spending in 1997. that was painful. it was painful then for us. we felt we needed to do it. and then we put things on a better trajectory afterwards to the i things on a better tra'ectory afterwards to the_ afterwards to the i th

— national insurance? they specifically _ national insurance?y specifically set a set of i national insurance? they . specifically set a set of taxes national insurance? they - specifically set a set of taxes they wouldn't do, which limits the particular choices they would have over which taxes they would put up, but the fact is taxes in general do affect many people. and if they're trying to put themselves forward as the party of economic growth, economic growth is indeed what the country wants, they need to be very careful, because putting up some of the taxes are the taxes that could curtail growth. helen whately, good to talk to you. we will talk to labour later. it is 6:47am. carol is on the beach this morning. nearly! in my dreams, anyway! good morning. as we go through this week you will notice a hike in the temperatures, particularly tomorrow, when we could reach 32 celsius, somewhere in the south—eastern quarter. that is 89.6 fahrenheit. what we have today is high—pressure firmly in charge of our weather. we have got these weather front

yes, you would and i i think many of us, most economists, thought the cut to national insurance was a damaging and fiscally imprudent decision when the previous government did it and if i and paul johnson and others were actually running the country, we would reverse it. but then we didn't have to stand for election and labour obviously pledged rightly or wrongly, made a very firm commitment not to reverse it. that isn't what i would have done but then i wasn't standing for election. you mention the fact that _ standing for election. you mention the fact that the _ standing for election. you mention the fact that the office _ standing for election. you mention the fact that the office for - standing for election. you mention the fact that the office for budget | the fact that the office for budget responsibility is responding to the fact that it didn't know about some of these spending commitments that were underfunded, especially that £6.4 billion overspend on asylum. how can that happen? what is the point, if you like, of having an obr if they are not privy to all of the information

so national insurance does not.ns aren't ringfenced either. >> unfortunately, the moment pensions are being paid for by current working people or by hard working because it's a ponzi scheme, it's never been ring fenced, so it's never been saved and put aside. >> so whatever i put in, in 1978 has gone long ago, paying the pensions of people in 1979. >> exactly. and that's why pensions i think we need to do away with. but also sorry, just to answer your initial question about the fact that public sector spending is huge. we're currently about to go over 100% of gdp. and i think when we're thinking about this from a wider perspective, labour knew this was going to happen after the after the election. we knew exactly what was going to happen in terms of our public spending, and we need to ensure that we're able to cut taxes. but b, we have to first cut spending. yeah. >> all right. so briefly, are you suggesting a great pensioner betrayal as a way of fixing the nation's finances? no, i wouldn't call it a betrayal. >> i

year of the parliament and crucially not to raise any of the big revenue raisers, income tax, national insurancex and corporation tax which means you are really left playing around with acid taxes, inheritance tax, a bunch of taxes, inheritance tax, a bunch of taxes, many of which are popular but which historically are quite hard to raise in a way which actually gives you a lot of bang for buck.- raise in a way which actually gives you a lot of bang for buck. when the labour government _ you a lot of bang for buck. when the labour government left _ you a lot of bang for buck. when the labour government left power - you a lot of bang for buck. when the labour government left power in - labour government left power in 2010, a note was left, wasn�*t it, for the incoming conservatives saying, there is no money left? is it any worse now than it was then? it is different now than it was then. in 2010, the conservatives inherited an economy in a very bad state but public in a good state, the incoming labour government has inherited a public realm with huge problems and an economy with sluggish growth s

the labour party has pledged not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance — but has not ruled outsions. samsung has seen profits rise fifteen-fold in the three months tojune — to 7.5 billion dollars. the south korean tech giant is forecasting strong demand for its chips in the second half of the year — as firms invest heavily in al. starbucks has seen global sales decline as people struggle with the cost of living. the coffee giant's been announcing deals and offers to try and tempt customers back to its stores. its latest results echo those of mcdonald's and dominos which have also seen consumers cut back on spending wait and see as far as the fed is concerned. wait and see as far as the fed is concerned-— wait and see as far as the fed is concerned. what will do as far as borrowin: concerned. what will do as far as borrowing in _ concerned. what will do as far as borrowing in the _ concerned. what will do as far as borrowing in the world's - concerned. what will do as far as borrowing in the world's largest i borrowing in the world's largest economy. there is a bit of optimism i

we will not raise income tax, vat, national insurance on i tax, vat, national insurance on working peoplehave written in the newspaper today water bosses responsible for repeated illegal sewage dumping will face criminal charges. how many times will they be able to illegally dump sewage in our waterways before they are charged? i want to work in a much more open and transparent way with stakeholders, the public, campaigners. we will work it through as legislation goes through parliament. what i have done already, seven days into myjob, i had the water company chief executives in my office and i signed up executives in my office and i signed up to an initial package of measures that will start to turn the corner and what we have seen with record levels of illegal sewage dumping in our rivers. . . . levels of illegal sewage dumping in ourrivers. . , ., ., our rivers. that is what i am asking about, our rivers. that is what i am asking about. how — our rivers. that is what i am asking about, how many _ our rivers. that is what i am asking about, how many times _ our rivers. that is what i am

national insurance or vat.ith the tax burden being as high as it is and a cost of living crisis , that is the wrong thing crisis, that is the wrong thing to do, particularly for working people. so we're not going to do that. >> but what is a working person ? >> but what is a working person? well, let's have a listen. according to sir keir starmer, this is what he said. person i have in my mind, nick, when i say working people is people who earn their living right, rely on our services and don't really have the ability to write a check when they get into trouble . check when they get into trouble. working person sounds like i think everyone i know, right? so i don't know how this is going to work. so for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking, do you believe labour will stick to their tax pledge to join me to debate this former mp and labour mp, minister ivor kaplan, businessman and campaigner ben habib, chief economic advisor to the centre of economic and business research. vicky price, also political c

twice , which national insurance twice, which was very, very expensive. >> all this stuff doesn't comeh for joining us. always a pleasure. now moving on. new research has suggested that the new government should integrate health services and job centres to get more people into work. the report says that in order to unlock a hidden workforce of 3 million people who are economically inactive, personalised help must be offered based on health and local nhs care boards. should work alongside regional mayors to help people back into work in their local areas. well, let's get the thoughts now of the former health secretary, alan milburn. alan, welcome to the show. this sounds like a good notion. join up services. points of contact with people going to get healthcare. they can also be accessed in terms of trying to get them back into work. we know we've got a massive problem with economic inactivity and benefits bills. tell us how would it work ? bills. tell us how would it work? >> we have got a big problem. >> we have got a big problem. >> in fact, it's a remarkable thing really, that in ou

the labour party has pledged not to raise income tax, v—a—t or national insurance — but has not ruledhe three months tojune — to 7.5 billion dollars. the south korean tech giant is forecasting strong demand invest heavily in al. starbucks has seen global sales decline as people struggle with the cost of living. the coffee giant's been announcing deals and offers to try and tempt customers back to its stores. its latest results echo those of mcdonald's and dominos which have also seen consumers cut back on spending especially consumers on the lower that eurozone there is rising, tech stocks are particularly up and that is a 1st for now. stay with us here on bbc news. what had been so far in what had been so far in paris? what had been so far in paris? 9 what had been so far in paris? 9 more what had been so far in paris? 9 what had been so far in paris? 9 more to what had been so far in paris? 9 what had been so far in paris? 9 more to great what had been so far in paris? 9 what had been so far in paris? 9 more to great britain what had been so far in paris? 9 what had been so far in p

through these 54 tools, tax tools , customs tools, powers and facilities in the field there is a national insurance in the field of stock exchange and capital market, there is a range of possibilities, privileges, in fact, and the assistance that all the families of the ministry of economy and finance can advance for the country's knowledge-based projects have been approved in that package. the scrapping of used cars has accelerated with the increase in prices in the scrapping centers. the head of the fleet renewal and scrapping of worn-out vehicles said before this . on scrapping, he used to receive only one certificate , but according to the new regulations, private cars with a lifespan of 20 to 25 years will receive three scrapping certificates . 3 abortion certificates meaning 3 to 35 a million tomans is worth approximately 15 million tomans, plus the value of the car's carcass is added to this amount. this is the value that this car has in the last year, which has grown by 25% from the total of the last 4 years before that. this year, after the regulations that were announced, in the first 3 m

but in terms of the tax claim, we've made it abundantly clear no increases to national insurance, vat tax. >> we know what you're not going to tax beyond that. are you going to attack your duty beyond that? >> it would be irresponsible to make commitments that you can't necessarily guarantee. we've seen that with the tories. look at what they said at the last general election and they then completely repudiated, can't guarantee that taxes won't rise on things other than working people, whatever that might be. all our programme has been properly funded and we don't need to raise taxes to deliver it. we can answer this question why don't we just say we've cut, you know, the economic growth record of the last labour government was hugely better than this government. that's how you generate investment. >> we cut fuel duty by £0.05. labour are going to raise fuel duty. they've always raised fuel duty. they've always raised fuel duty when they've been in government. they're going to tax our pensions. they've always taxed pensions. fuel. >> escalator was introduced by the last conservative g

if we got people back on paye, paying their national insurance and paid directly the people that have its way, people are working hard, get the good conditions the legislation is going to provide for, get trade union rights and are paying taxes efficiently so we can run the country. efficiently so we can run the count . �* ., ., ,, ., ., country. before we talk more about the kina's country. before we talk more about the king's speech _ country. before we talk more about the king's speech with _ country. before we talk more about the king's speech with you - country. before we talk more about the king's speech with you and - country. before we talk more about| the king's speech with you and from the king's speech with you and from the tories' point of view, you have hotfooted it here from a meeting with the defeated tory mps, about 120 of them, got together with rishi sunak. what was... what were mps saying to rishi sunak? the intention was... sorry, what were the former mps saying? was. .. sorry, what were the former mps saying?— was... sorry, what were the former mps saying? there w

rachel reeves insists the main rates of income tax, vat and national insurance won't change.day in october. chris mason, bbc news at westminster. to the olympics now — where day three of the paris games has drawn to a close. highlights included the japanese skateboarder yuto horigome retaining his men's street title. and in mountain biking, tom pidcock, of great britain, overcame an early puncture to win the men's final. my colleague maryam moshiri, who's in paris, sent us this round—up of events. let's look at day four of the olympics. but day three was an immense day of support for so many teams. team gb had a brilliant day, starting off with that first team gb gold medal from the venting team, retaining the gold medal they want in tokyo. then we saw tom daley and his partner, noah williams, come in with the silver on the ten metre synchro diving men's. we also saw success for tom peacock and mountain biking, he got the gold medal. we also saw adam burgess winning eight canoeing silverfor team gb too. a brilliant day for team gb — but let's look ahead to day four. 14 metals

national insurance or vat. >> so. so it's everything else. >> so.thing else up for grabs potentially , potentially. grabs potentially, potentially. >> yeah. but we'll have to wait till the autumn to find out. right. let's get a check on the weather for you this morning. here's alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news for many across the south. fine day today with sunny spells further north. there'll be some sunshine but there will also be showers, some heavy ones around at times too, particularly in western scotland. but we've also got some this morning over northwest england and as we go through the day, a few more will start to develop, particularly in northern ireland, right across northern england, 1 or 2 for wales, but much of southern england, east anglia staying dry, staying fine with some lengthy spells of sunshine. and when the sun pops out, temperatures getting up into the low, maybe

in its manifesto, labour pledged not to touch major taxes, like income tax, national insurance and vatves is not expected to suggest tax rises will be required at this stage. but areas like courts, prisons, further education and local council budgets could come in for a spending squeeze in a bid to save money. applause. the chancellor is promising to level with the public and tell the truth and take the difficult decisions, which she says might be painful now but will lead to every part of the uk being better off. marc ashdown, bbc news. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. throughout the election campaign and in the election debate on the tv here on the bbc news channel, we were talking about there being a spending squeeze, saying that the next government, whatever stripe it was, would have to make some difficult decisions. you might remember that labour and the conservatives were both pretty reluctant to talk about that. i think there will be some raised eyebrows today about just how much is a surprise. however, when you speak to people in government, in downing street, i

in its manifesto, labour alleged not to touch major taxes like income tax, national insurance and vatsuggest tax rises will be required at this stage. but areas like courts, prisons, further education and local council budgets could come in for a spending squeeze in a bid to save money. the chancellor is promising to level with the public and tell the truth, and take the difficult decisions which she says may be painful now, but will lead to every part of the lead —— uk being better off. we will be getting an expert view on the day ahead with rachel reeves the chancellor and what she will be seen later today. that is in 15 minutes. south africa's governing anc party has announced the expulsion of former presidentjacob zuma from the party more than seven months after he defected to lead another political movement, the mk party, which won 14% of the vote in south africa's general election in may. mr zuma has three weeks to appeal the decision. protesters in istanbul have taken to the streets to advocate against a draft bill that critics fear could lead to the mass culling of stray dogs.

so national insurance does not.her. >> unfortunately, the moment pensions are being paid for by current working people or by hard working because it's a ponzi scheme, it's never been ring fenced, so it's never been saved and put aside. >> so whatever i put in, in 1978 has gone long ago, paying the pensions of people in 1979. >> exactly. and that's why pensions i think we need to do away with. but also sorry, just to answer your initial question about the fact that public sector spending is huge. we're currently about to go over 100% of gdp. and i think when we're thinking about this from a wider perspective, labour knew this was going to happen after the after the election. we knew exactly what was going to happen in terms of our public spending, and we need to ensure that we're able to cut taxes. but b, we have to first cut spending. yeah. >> all right. so briefly, are you suggesting a great pensioner betrayal as a way of fixing the nation's finances? no, i wouldn't call it a betrayal. >> i would say i would say th

in its manifesto, labour pledged not to touch major taxes, like income tax, national insurance and vateducation and local council budgets could come in for a spending squeeze in a bid to save money. applause. the chancellor is promising to level with the public and tell the truth and take the difficult decisions, which she says might be painful now but will lead to every part of the uk being better off. marc ashdown, bbc news. it is expected that the british medical association will say later on thatjunior doctors in england have struck an improved pay deal. it is thought this represents a 22.3% pay rise over two years. that is made up of some backdated rises as well as an additional payment for the year 2024—25 so bringing the total over years to 22.3%. it is understood the bma's junior doctor committee agreed to put it to its members and if accepted it would bring an end to a long—running strike action. let me also tell you that we are going to be, in the next half hour or so, looking ahead to what the chancellor rachel reeves, the uk transfer rachel reeves will be saying and i will

i don't want to increase taxes on working people and our commitment not to increase national insurancefficult decisions around spending, around welfare and around tax at the budget and the spending review later this year. i think it's important to be honest with people. people have been misled for too long. in other words, yes, some taxes are going up soon. the new resident here is cracking on with big, sometimes controversial plans. labour and the conservatives are questioning each other�*s openness and honesty, and the political argument now revolves around who you choose to believe. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. 0ur political correspondent, ben wrightjoins us to unpick this statement further. was the scale of this claimed black hole a surprise? it was, and this audit of treasury government spending did reveal some big surprises, and that verdict has been confirmed by people like the institute for fiscal studies, by the chairman of the 0br himself, richard hughes. i think there are things in here that have come as a shock. take one for instance, the fact that the asylum bill

rachel reeves insists the main rates of income tax, vat and national insurance won't change.cellor stands on these steps on budget day in october. chris mason, bbc news at westminster. as chris laid out, filling a £22 billion black hole takes some doing, especially when borrowing is already high and the interest payments on that borrowing is taking a big chunk out of government spending. so, with an assessment of today's financial statement and the cuts the chancellor has announced, here's our economics editor faisal islam. this was an unusual document published today which is part pointing a finger of blame at the previous government and part mapping out the future of this parliament. as we've been hearing, there's a list of unfunded spending pressures, including public sector pay, the asylum plans, including rwanda, and the costs of the railways, leaving a shortfall of £22 billion in this financial year. all not fully accounted for, says the new chancellor. and the independent forecasters, the obr, suggested this could be one of the largest overspends outside the pandemic.

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in its manifesto, labour pledged not to touch major taxes, like income tax, national insurance and vatis not expected to suggest tax rises will be required at this stage. but areas like courts, prisons, further education and local council budgets could come in for a spending squeeze in a bid to save money. applause. the chancellor is promising to level with the public and tell the truth and take the difficult decisions, which she says might be painful now but will lead to every part of the uk being better off. marc ashdown, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley. let ta ke let take on that point that mark with making, questions today about how much was really known about this fiscal black hole, how much is really a surprise. i fiscal black hole, how much is really a surprise.— really a surprise. i think it is auoin really a surprise. i think it is going to _ really a surprise. i think it is going to be _ really a surprise. i think it is going to be the _ really a surprise. i think it is going to be the big - really a surprise. i think it is going to be the bi

many think it will not be adjusted, minor taxes and potentially those major taxes, things like national insuranced at. the question is whether it is this year or in the future. all right. james comer thank you very much for your thoughts on that. james smith. we will be across her announcements in parliament later today here on bbc news. now to the uk's financial heart, the city of london, because new rules come into force today, designed to make it a more attractive place for companies to list their shares. britain's finance regulator, the financial conduct authority, says it's the biggest change in over three decades, and will "boost growth and innovation". the london stock exchange has struggled to attract share sales from companies in recent years. chip designer arm — seen as the �*jewel in the crown�* of uk tech — caused widespread disappointment in the city when it chose new york for its recent share listing. so, what are the changes and will they work? john godfrey is managing director for public affairs, policy & economic research at thecityuk, which is the financial industry's lobby grou

i don't want to increase taxes on working people and our commitment not to increase national insuranceound welfare and around tax at the budget and the spending review later this year. i think it's important to be honest with people. people have been misled for too long. in other words, yes, some taxes are going up soon. the new resident here is cracking on with big, sometimes controversial plans. labour and the conservatives are questioning each other�*s openness and honesty, and the political argument now revolves around who you choose to believe. chris mason, bbc news at westminster. as you heard, junior doctors in england are to be offered a pay increase of around 22% over two years. our health editor hugh pym joins me from central london. this is in the hope of resolving a long—standing pay dispute. will it work? well, yes, that is the hope, because talks only began in earnest at the start of last week and a deal appeared to have been done by the end of the week, and the british medical association, thejunior doctors union, said they will recommend it to members, so it's up to mem

labour say they won't increase income tax, national insurance, or vat.ding his campaign as it began — with stunts that make a splash, so he gets the chance to talk about what his party's mps would argue for. we did it! cheering we asked you for your thoughts on how the bbc reported on the campaign, and here's a selection of what you sent us. 0n email, p harbour was complimentary. but vikki beale said... meanwhile, here's mike taala. but again, there was dissent, with richard appleby complaining of... and there was more, with this response to our call for comments from the journalist philip stephens. a viewer called sue objected to... david 0'leary thought there was... finally, the former bbc foreign correspondent hugh sykes also contacted us with his verdict. well, let's talk to two other ex—bbc journalists. carolyn quinn was a political correspondent and presenter here up until last year, when she left the corporation — including after a 16—year stint presenting radio four�*s the westminster hour. and katie searle also left the bbc last year, having bee

rachel reeves insists the main rates of income tax, vat and national insurance won't change.se steps on budget day in october. chris mason, bbc news at westminster. as we said earlier, junior doctors in england are to be offered a pay increase of around 22% over two years after a deal was agreed between the government and the union, the british medical association. if accepted, it would end a dispute that's led to ii strikes since the spring of last year. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. since 2023 there have been 11 strikes byjunior doctors in strikes by junior doctors in england. strikes byjunior doctors in england. hundreds of thousands of operations and clinics were cancelled or postponed. for patients like rosie, it is a relief to know there will be no more disruption. they can get to grips with the waiting lists. if they know what is happening and that there are not going to be strikes, they can plan. the dispute has centred on pay. the bma asked for a 35% rise forjunior doctors in england. the latest offer is 4% on top of an existing increase worth 9%.

i mean, the £20 billion cut in national insurance that we saw over the last couple of budgets was notchancellor had said how he was going to pay for it, which he didn't effectively do . which he didn't effectively do. rachel reeves is now going to have to well, she's not going to do this today, but in the budget in the autumn, she's going to have to decide is she going to accept higher borrowing than are currently forecast, or is she going to increase taxes? i can't see her, a reducing spending below its current level. so that's going to be a really tough choice, particularly not given not only did the labour manifesto said no higher taxes on working people, they ruled out a whole swathe of taxes on corporation tax, income tax, national insurance contributions , national insurance contributions, vat, which doesn't leave an awful lot of choices about where you can find that additional revenue . revenue. >> i talked to labour campaigners, labour mps during the election campaign, paul, and they were alarmed that they said she's unnecessarily boxing the next government in. we all knew the

, income tax, national insurance, vat, obviously.bout pensioners, though, who pay in some cases income tax ? well, some cases income tax? well, pensioners would pay vat, obviously when they're when they're buying items, pensioners would pay could pay income tax on their pensions depending how much pension they're receiving. but we need to be we need to level with people and be honest about what we've inherited in terms of the personal allowance freezes , in terms of the dire freezes, in terms of the dire state of public finances, in terms of the very difficult state of public services. we need to be really clear about that, whilst making sure that we get the economy growing and actually to come back to the earlier point you and i were talking about in relation to pension reform, it is about increasing returns to pensioners to make sure they're in a better position in terms of having a higher income when they retire. but it's also about boosting investment , which gets the investment, which gets the economy growing, which is so vital

they said they would not enforce any of the income tax, national insurance, they would leave corporationates unchanged. they say they're number one priority is to get the economy growing again. under the last labor government the economy grew by 2% on average gdp per year. labor keen to get that going. it will be a difficult challenge. of course wanting to spend more on public services, particularly in the national health service, the nationalized health service in the u.k. the trouble is, there's not much money to go around. the fiscal constraints on the new government are quite considerable. once you roll out those tax rises, that only leaves borrowing and sticking with the tories borrowing limits. that's getting gdp over the first of the five trading time. labor has said that they will borrow to invest. so we can expect more of that. on foreign policy there will be a certain amount of continuity, they are keen to build relations within the united states. interesting to see how kier starmer deals with president trump. i think the two men are very different characters. kier starmer is a

if people aren't in work, for whatever reason, they might have had a national insurance number. be able to find it. you know, there's additional challenges at this time. also, this first election that we've ever had where people have to go and present this id. so i think lots of challenges for everyone, not just with this postal ballot issue, but people that are going to show up to vote won't have the necessary identification. >> i just wrote a letter on the letters page of the daily telegraph kwasi, where it said another sign that nothing works in this country. >> well, look, i mean, i think lots of things i don't think it's particularly fair on this issue because, you know, you can't blame the government for the how the post office works. i mean, it's a it's a company that, with its own structures. and it should have responded to this in terms of what, luciana was saying, i think it will affect the conservative vote. i mean, i've stood in five general elections, and it was always understood that our vote was a slightly older vote. yeah. and generally was more reliant on postal

that according to the national insurance crime bureau and of the most popular car stolen in 2023.yundai elantra hyundai sonata, the kia optima, the chevrolet silverado the kia soul and the honda accord. the report also found that the honda accord was the most commonly stolen car in 5 states, including connecticut, massachusetts, new york and rhode island. all right, time for another look at the forecast. whatever we're going to look at there it is. i think that's the view from montana. but it's a beautiful it's hazy. but beautiful out. yeah, it's a gorgeous day. i mean, we did start off with the clouds the marine layer, but i think that's welcome relief for a lot of people who help with heat. >> in the not too distant past, but today you can see we've got lots of sunshine out there this afternoon with the exception of half moon bay, those clouds still hanging on at the coast. but boy, the view from the east bay is just gorgeous. as we take a look really nice hopefully you got a chance to get out and enjoy it. we are a little bit breezy a little bit warmer today than we were yester

that's according to the national insurance crime bureau and of the most popular car stolen in 2023 ofhe hyundai sonata the kia optima the show chevrolet silverado the kia soul. the honda accord is near the top of the list. the report found that the honda accord was the most commonly stolen car in 5 states. not california, but including massachusetts, new jersey and new york. tesla is sending a software update to nearly 2 million cars. the problem, the national highway traffic safety administration says the model 3 s x and y made from 2021 through 2024. might not always detect when the hood is on latched meeting at the hood could fly open when somebody is driving about 1.8 million drivers will soon get that software update, which they say we'll fix the problem. next. at 3, 5, tenants have been displaced and a beloved bookstore oakland destroyed will have an update on the fire in rockbridge. >> and a bay area food bank has been forced to scale back. how do when pandemic relief money could affect neighbors in need? and the acting boss of the secret service is acknowledging a string of bi

it's £0.04 on employee national insurance or it's £0.03 on the basic rate of tax. now you're right.any of that because that would impact the many and not the few. the few. they will be squeezed squeezed dry. capital gains tax perhaps inheritance tax. but the problem with that, james, we know throughout history, we know throughout history, we know throughout every country on the planet that introduces punitive taxes on the riches. they simply clear off. >> i don't think i agree with that. >> i don't think i agree with that . and you'll be surprised to that. and you'll be surprised to know, because i don't believe in trickle down economics, and i don't believe that all of the wealth of a nation comes from those people. now, if people want to leave this great country because they don't want to pay tax, let them leave. let them go because they shouldn't be contributing to our society. it's a point of pride and people it's a point of pride and people i know who pay high rate tax are very proud to do so , because very proud to do so, because they're contributing to a system that makes our

you have talked about things like national insurance and income tax.he reason we can trust labour at this election, you can trust them, is because we have spelt out our pledges and how we will fund them. and before the election was even called, labourtook and before the election was even called, labour took a bit of flak along the way for ruling out things or refusing to commit to things that we did not think we could guarantee we did not think we could guarantee we could deliver but we didn�*t think the country could have for them at this stage. in those tough choices is contained the honesty that gives me the ability to look for your views in the eye this morning and say every single policy in our manifesto is one which is fully costed, fully funded, i promise we can keep and you can afford. we don�*t pretend that all of the tough choices are gone, they will continue. and that is why a kier and rachel reeves have emphasised the importance of getting growth back into the economy. if the economy had grown under this government at the same rate it did u

budget earlier in the year could have been delivered by rachel reeves, other than the £0.02 of national insuranceand bureaucratic system of which we have been part, that seems to decide . we part, that seems to decide. we have been ejected from it. jacob. well, we we're now by the voters, by the voters, by the voters, by the voters, by the voters who held us accountable for this failure. >> but they have voted us out. but nothing has changed. how do we get change in future? >> so people did vote for change. they voted for change in 2016. they voted for change in 2019. they were desperate for change by 2024 and we hadn't delivered change. and i've talked about what i think were the bureaucratic obstacles. there were other obstacles as well, such as conservative mps not being conservative enough and not being prepared to stand on their principles and giving to in lobby groups, whether those were environmental lobby groups or woke lobby groups, because they wanted a popular at, you know, london dinner parties. there were all those factors as well. what do we need to do now? well, we need to be the p

in california is the state with the largest number of stolen this is a firm information the national insurancecrime bureau from last year. the most popular car stolen in 2023. top 6 of 10 on the list. hyundai elantra hyundai, hyundai sonata, kia optima chevy silverado 1500. the kia soul and honda accord. and this report found that the honda accord is the most commonly stolen car in 5 states allow yeah. >> it's a popular color overall. i just wonder if it's because there's more of them on the yesterday, all right, 9.56 is the time coming up in the next hour of the kron. 4 morning news officials in the south bay say a number of unhoused people are infected with scabies. >> we'll have that full story and how it started. plus, the man who was hired for the killing of an oakland dennis back in 2022. has been sentenced. we'll have the latest on that, too. and the city of oakland is moving forward with the sale of its share of the coliseum. what it means for the city's budget. >> now on the kron, 4 morning news breaking news we've been following out of berkeley where a massive fire damaged a building

, increase, national insurance, income tax or vat.ways. they're nationalising the water companies. they're creating gb energy, which is state owned. they're now having to go to pay pubuc they're now having to go to pay public sector workers above and beyond inflation busting pay rises that we're talking about. they'll cave in to that wes streeting will probably cave in to, hopefully not 35% forjunior to, hopefully not 35% for junior doctors, but he will give them a load of money. where is all this money coming from? and if you're going to, then lift the child benefit cap, as you've seen, some of these rebellious labour mps have protested tonight, if that comes into effect, that means more money, more borrowing, more spending. i don't think it necessarily does more debt. and that is exactly what this country did not vote for. >> eamonn, for example, there's one loophole an inheritance tax regarding people putting their money in land, which will cover hardly any of it's actually £3 billion. if you close those loopholes on just inheritan

national insurance or vat.our plans are fully funded and don't require tax rises over and above what we've already set out . already set out. >> so come the budget in october, labour will no doubt hike up capital capital gains tax to even more eye—watering levels, choosing to hit those with the bravery and foresight to invest in assets , stocks, to invest in assets, stocks, housing and commodities with even bigger penalties. and of course, at the same time, those who aren't even meant to be in the country at all will enjoy free housing, nhs care, access to dentistry and home office pocket money each week to have a jolly good time with they'll also no doubt hike inheritance tax because nothing says aspiration of course, quite like taxing the dead while they're six feet under on assets they've grafted all their life for to leave to their children. labour have already proven themselves dishonest, and if they're just going to drag everyone down to their envious level, what's the point anymore ? we might as well poi

national insurance or vat.f our plans are fully funded and don't require tax rises over and above what we've already set out . already set out. >> so come the budget in october, labour will no doubt hike up capital capital gains tax to even more eye—watering levels, choosing to hit those with the bravery and foresight to invest in assets , stocks, to invest in assets, stocks, housing and commodities with even bigger penalties. and of course, at the same time, those who aren't even meant to be in the country at all will enjoy free housing, nhs care, access to dentistry and home office pocket money each week to have a jolly good time with they'll also no doubt hike inheritance tax because nothing says aspiration of course, quite like taxing the dead while they're six feet under on assets they've grafted all their life for to leave to their children. labour have already proven themselves dishonest, and if they're just going to drag everyone down to their envious level, what's the point anymore ? we might as well p

. >> no tax rises for income tax, for national insurance, for vat. we will not raise income tax. will not raise national insurance, we will not raise vat, >> it's the working people bit i think, isn't it. but rishi sunak was adamant that that wasn't true . true. >> it would put up everyone's taxes by £2,000, £2,000 in higher taxes for every working family in our country. after all the hard work and sacrifice we've been through, that's not the right course of action. >> so last week, an independent pay >> so last week, an independent pay review body said wages for nhs workers and teachers should go nhs workers and teachers should 9° up nhs workers and teachers should 90 ”p by nhs workers and teachers should go up by 5.5. well, the institute for fiscal studies estimated that a 5.5% increase across all public sector professions would cost us about £10 billion. and chancellor rachel reeves is hinting that she will do this moment. >> we are looking at those pay review body recommendations, doing the analysis, and we will work with public sector workers on that . but we also know that

, and the basic higher— national insurance, and the basic higher or— national insurance, and the basic tax pledges. there is a large _ or renege on our tax pledges. there is a large majority in parliament which _ is a large majority in parliament which means we are entitled to row back on— which means we are entitled to row back on principles of sound money and economic response ability. i know— and economic response ability. i know many— and economic response ability. i know many of you aren't used to hearing — know many of you aren't used to hearing this but i believe the promises that a party is elected on should _ promises that a party is elected on should be — promises that a party is elected on should be delivered on in government and we _ should be delivered on in government and we will— should be delivered on in government and we will do so. we do not take iightiy— and we will do so. we do not take iightiy the — and we will do so. we do not take lightly the trust of voters who have been burnt — lightly the trust of voters who have been burnt too often by incompetence, irrespons

been so clear that in terms of personal taxes, we're not going to raise income tax, vat and national insurancenot going to go back on that. and therefore, our path to success is predicated on economic growth. and that's where the housebuilding revolution, the new sovereign wealth fund, and also something else, tony blair was talking about today, the use of technology and artificial intelligence in government. you know, one of the very good research papers that blair announced this morning indicated that using ai announced this morning indicated that using al to grow productivity in the public sector could generate something like up to £34 billion a year. that's a huge sum of money that can be reinvested in public services. >> absolutely agree. and actually a lot of that i was keen on when we were in office. i wanted planning reform, and i was certainly keen that we should use ai. that wasn't my direct responsibility on planning. >> you were at the forefront. not all of your colleagues were. >> that's right. i was was ahead. but it is a good way to achieve economic growth. and that's tying in w

campaigned together to oppose bofis campaigned together to oppose boris johnson's crazy increase in national insurancehe campaigned with me to oppose that against our own government. so all of these people who say, look, i'm a right winger, i'm, you know, i'm a sort of low tax tory. i judge people by what they do. and when tom and i were campaigning against working people's taxes, going up as conservatives , none of the rest conservatives, none of the rest of them who were all fine individuals, none of the rest of them were with us. that's why i'm backing tom, because i think he is a low tax proper conservative. as you might almost say, nigel. and, there's nothing wrong with the rest of them. he's just the best. >> is he going to win? >> is he going to win? >> is he going to win? >> i don't know, but early yet i would not i'm not, i'm not, i'm not in parliament anymore. it's up to my colleagues. >> that's why. that's why it's actually better to have you on as an ex—mp. because you can both speak your mind very, very clearly. and you know, we're here as a channel. we want full on political debate and o