the head of the national tax service of belarus, viktor lukashenko, was also present there.here? why do you love this region? well, i love the region because, firstly, i was born here. the most important artistic component of the outflows was the artistic interactive from the arthaos gallery. this year it is called start. everyone, together with a team of belarusian artists, completed the design of the site and slides for skating the new multi-profile roller skate park. and these drawings contained our important national message. and it is impossible to love your homeland without knowing its history. for example, bedding is also one of the fragments of our history. he may be undeservedly forgotten, but nevertheless. well, this is the first day of the big cultural and sports festival in itoki here in pruzhany, it’s not for nothing that the mukhovets stadium is behind me, it’s here that the most important events in itoki 2024 will take place on friday saturday. andrey kozlov, alexey petrov and sergey korneev, tv news agency. and we continue to monitor the preparations for the

policy director for senate mitch mcconnell co-leader and principle of pwc's washington and national tax servicesiven, frankly, just how much the debt and deficit are blowing up, is it unto itself simply raising taxes on the rich? do you have to cut the budget? what do you have to do? on the democratic side that is going to be the fundamental question. >> thanks so much. i want to zoom out a second. i think narrowing the conversation to just the deficit and debt is a real mistake. i'm honestly less concerned about the trajectory of debt than i am about the real needs that american families have around housing, around education. the investment needs that the country and the economy have for infrastructure, for the clean energy transition, and i think sometimes long-term projections about debt and deficit can be a distraction to what the real needs of the economy are. all that said, if you are concerned about the debt or the deficit, the growth in the long-term debt projection has been almost entirely driven by the, first, the bush tax cuts. their permanent extension, and then the trump tax cuts pi

national services. a promise — promises of national services. a promise for— promises of national services. a promise for a tax cut.ise fora tax cut. a promise of a tax cut_ promise for a tax cut. a promise of a tax cut for— promise for a tax cut. a promise of a tax cut for parents and pensioners. more apprenticeships, more _ pensioners. more apprenticeships, more officers. in this promises. more _ more officers. in this promises. more and — more officers. in this promises. more and more money from the conservatives. have you found the magic _ conservatives. have you found the magic money tree?— conservatives. have you found the magic money tree? know, every single oli magic money tree? know, every single policy you've — magic money tree? know, every single policy you've just _ magic money tree? know, every single policy you've just been _ magic money tree? know, every single policy you've just been through - magic money tree? know, every single policy you've just been through is - policy you've just been through is fully funded — policy you've just been through is fully funded and _ policy you've just been through

tax. i think even a question about national service, he ended with talking about tax. start shouting "£2,000" at you... that would give people who missed the debate a decent sense of what took place on tuesday, but it was very effective because £2,000, £2,000, £2,000, if you say that for 17 minutes, it's going to start to seep in. and crucially, sir keir starmer did not really challenge it for about 25 minutes. he left it completely unchallenged. then he started making quite a convoluted point about the treasury, and we'll come back to that. then later in the debate, he said, "oh, that was absolute garbage." but by that point, i mean, you could really sense the frustration — i was in the spin room for that as well — the frustration of labour operatives. well, the convoluted point that keir starmer was trying to make about the treasury was then made the next morning. i got hold of a letter that the chief civil servant at the treasury had sent actually the labour party a couple of days before, where he was saying, yes, this figure from which the conservatives are derivin

tax cuts, we'll get the details later. introducing a form of national service. ising the tax—free pension allowance and allowing higher earners to keep more child benefit payments. there will be more, i'm sure, in the document today. but all of this costs money. so where is it coming from and do the plans add up? well, we already know some of the areas where the conservatives think they can find more cash to fund their policies. firstly, this — collecting more of the tax people already owe. the idea is simple. that you fund the tax office better and it's able to crack down on tax avoidance. the conservatives think this can raise about £6 billion a year. labour actually have a similar policy. they think it will raise about £5 billion extra. but will it work? well, some of the experts we asked said the figures were uncertain. and as you can see here, another group, the tax policy associates, say it is credible but with a big caveat, and that's that the policy would need to be targeted. so not easy to get to that six billion figure, but not impossible. the bigger pl

tax. i think even a question about national service, he ended with talking about tax."£2,000" at you... that would give people who missed the debate a decent sense of what took place on tuesday, but it was very effective because £2,000, £2,000, £2,000, if you say that for 17 minutes, it's going to start to seep in. and crucially, sir keir starmer did not really challenge it for about 25 minutes. he left it completely unchallenged. then he started making quite a convoluted point about the treasury, and we'll come back to that. then later in the debate, he said, "oh, that was absolute garbage." but by that point, i mean, you could really sense the frustration — i was in the spin room for that as well — the frustration of labour operatives. well, the convoluted point that keir starmer was trying to make about the treasury was then made the next morning. i got hold of a letter that the chief civil servant at the treasury had sent actually the labour party a couple of days before, where he was saying, yes, this figure from which the conservatives are deriving their £2,000 c

policies you think might attract those who are thinking of voting reform, things like national service and lower taxesand the tories now warning people thinking of voting reform, you will end up with a large labour majority. nigel farage believes people are frustrated with the political system and he thinks people are turning to him because they don't trust either labour or they don't trust either labour or the conservatives, and he hopes his party will be the beneficiary of that. ., ~ party will be the beneficiary of that. . ~ , ., party will be the beneficiary of that. ., ~' , ., x' party will be the beneficiary of that. . ~ i. a ., party will be the beneficiary of that. . ~ , ., a ., . that. thank you, vicki young and there will be _ that. thank you, vicki young and there will be more _ that. thank you, vicki young and there will be more analysis - that. thank you, vicki young and there will be more analysis of. that. thank you, vicki young and | there will be more analysis of the reform pledges on newsnight with victoria derbyshire. we reform pledges on newsnight with victoria derbyshire.— reform

tax. i think even a question about national service, he ended with talking about tax.2,000" at you... that would give people who missed the debate a decent sense of what took place on tuesday, but it was very effective because £2,000, £2,000, £2,000. if you say that for 17 minutes, it's going to start to seep in. and crucially, sir keir starmer did not really challenge it for about 25 minutes. he left it completely unchallenged. then he started making quite a convoluted point about the treasury, and we'll come back to that. then later in the debate, he said, "oh, that was absolute garbage." but by that point, i mean, you could really sense the frustration — i was in the spin room for that as well — the frustration of labour operatives. well, the convoluted point that keir starmer was trying to make about the treasury was then made the next morning. i got hold of a letter that the chief civil servant at the treasury had sent actually the labour party a couple of days before where he was saying, yes, this figure from which the conservatives are deriving their £2,000 clai

we talked about it, it's why they've had policy announcements like a return to national service, this taxs. but that effect is likely to be even stronger and it leads the center ground for the opposition labor leader to fight on. we have more polling data yesterday just before this announcement. showing that labor is headed for historic majority, bigger than tony blair in 1997, the worst defeat for the conservatives since 1906. he remember that song that was playing in downing street, things can only get better, when the election was announced it really seems like things have only got worse for the prime minister. tom: the conservatives will say that the only poll that matters is the pole that takes place on july the fourth as they continue to unveil what they say will benefit the u.k. that would be the argument for the conservative party. there's a television debate tonight, the prime minister against keir starmer, how important is this and how significant -- could it move the dial? lizzie: in the u.k., when donald trump's drama came out last week, that seem to sweep up the headlines. so

a promise of national service. a promise for a tax cut for pensioners. for a tax cut for parents. more apprenticeships, more police officers. in this promises of more and more money from the conservatives. have you found the magic money tree? p.m. sunak: every single one of those policies that you have been through is fully funded and costed, as is explained in every one of those press releases, and when we set out our manifesto tomorrow, people n see the detail behind it even further. nick: and tomorrow you'll promise even more tax cuts? p.m. sunak: weill have a manifesto and all the things that you've gone through, we have announcing the campaign, but yes, continues to cut people's taxes. i believe people's hard work is rewarded. there is a contrast in this election, our party, conservatives, will deliver tax cuts, building on the tax because we have already started to deliver, ruling out tax rises. that is not what the labour party is doing. they have been ok that some are going up. they have not been opened that there is a 2000 pound tax bill waiting

started the week with the national service _ started the week with the national service announcement but from there we have _ service announcement but from there we have gone to taxave gone to the triple lock on pensions and then an exploration of labour's vat policy~ — an exploration of labour's vat policy. so _ an exploration of labour's vat policy. so lots of things going on over the — policy. so lots of things going on over the first week of the campaign and i_ over the first week of the campaign and i think. — over the first week of the campaign and i think, as i say, what the conservatives have tried to demonstrate is that they have still -ot demonstrate is that they have still got plenty of ideas to put forward, in the _ got plenty of ideas to put forward, in the hope that they can get voters to look— in the hope that they can get voters to look again and to really explore the stark— to look again and to really explore the stark choice that is in front of them _ the stark choice that is in front of them when — the stark choice that is in front of them when it comes tojuly the stark choice that is in front of them when it comes to july the 4th. of them when

tax avoidance. and they have made four pledges so far , have made four pledges so far, which they say will be wholly or partly funded from those savings. the national serviceioner tax allowance, the extra funding for towns and the increased thresholds for the child benefit tax change rachel reeves tax avoidance plan. in their press nofice avoidance plan. in their press notice for the last two announcements to try and lend credibility to their costings, but so far they have forgotten one crucial thing labour's plan to tackle tax non—compliance , to tackle tax non—compliance, announced by rachel in april, recognised the need for £900 million of upfront investment in hmrc staffing and technology in order to deliver the projected 6 billion of savings. this is why our plan produces a net saving not of £6 billion, but £5.1 billion. we would assume these upfront costs will be accounted for in our manifesto tomorrow, and that will become crucial. crucial when you look at the pledges which they are aiming to fund from that tax avoidance pot. but that brings me to the third point. >> okay. that was jonathan ashworth . they're steaming in to ashworth. they're steaming

tax, national insurance and vat. but surely something's got to give. can you rule out making spending cuts to public services? ar about this. we will not be raising taxes on working people. that means we won't be raising income tax, national insurance or vat. we will launch our manifesto very soon and that will have no tax surprises in it because all of our plans are fully funded and fully costed and none of them require tax rises over and above the ones that we've already announced. what we do need to do, just to take up the challenge that's being put to us, is we do need to grow the economy. we do need to make sure that the economy and living standards across the whole country are growing. and that's why step one in government, if we get to serve our country, will be to stabilise and grow oui’ economy. but can you rule out spending cuts? we are not returning to austerity. we will grow our economy. that will start by stabilising the economy because the tories have lost control of the economy and its working people are paying the price for that. we've got to turn that around, stabilise the economy and then get

couple things, claudia, get your -- take your pulse, why shouldn't tips, tipping for service workers, be tax-free, nation'sw, cuts employment tax, the tax on employment that seems to be fair, good for working folks, mr. trump is touting it, i'm sure he will mention it in his speech i in racine, wisconsin what is wrong with that. >> i like that idea, i was a waitress that worked for for $1 an hour, it was a wash world -- cash world, the democrats are trying to eliminate saying we can't use cash any more, you are on your honor to say what your tips are, they are saying they don't trust you. they want to come up with a number about your tips it is already presumed, if you get more for doing a r really good job, for merit, they will try to come after you i like it is more of a free market idea, i can relate on it imagine workings for $1 an hour, you hustle for great tips. that all part of the american dream. and all part of you know teaching people how to be entrepreneurs and how to really fight and strive, i think that opposite is what we have now. larry: steve moore, in the era of joe biden, who wants to rai

national service, cutting taxes for people, these are things people want to see.t? i want a country where everyone can have confidence in their community as a safe place to live, that is something important to me, and we have succeeded in bringing down crime but there is more to go as there always is. we have done that by putting 20,000 more police officers on the street and we want to build on that. there will be 8,000 more neighbourhood police officers in communities but crucially we will give them the powers they need to confiscate things like knives and take them off the streets and toughen up sentencing for knife —related crimes and expand our successful hotspot policing pilot which has reduced anti—social behaviour by up to 50% where they have been trialled and we will now spread that across the country. 0ur record speaks for itself and we are bringing crime down and i want to build on that and make sure that everyone can feel safe in their communities. and the announcement today demonstrates that we are the party that can deliver a more secure future for br

the prime minister promised a multi—billion pound package of tax cuts, including a reduction in national servicensurance. rather, the pledges amount to a total of more than £17 billion in cuts by 2030. there's also help for first time buyers, with changes to stamp duty and the pledge for a new help to buy scheme. there was a promise to address the housing shortage by building 1.6 million new homes and £83 billion has also been set aside to fix potholes and resurface roads. there's also going to be a total ban on smartphones in schools and on immigration. then there's and on immigration. then there's a promise to get flights off the ground to rwanda every month , ground to rwanda every month, with mr sunak saying the deterrent would be a key part of britain's migration plan. clearing the asylum backlog within six months. well, responding to the tory manifesto, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, said the conservative plans will lead to a second tory mortgage bombshell. >> it is true that under the conservatives, the welfare bill has spiralled since 2019, spending on benefits to support disabled

your tory press releases here — a promise of national service, couple of billion there, a promise for a taxparents. more apprenticeships, more police officers, endless promises. every single one of those policies that you've just been through is fully funded and costed, as is explained in every single one of those press releases. as indeed, when we set out our manifesto tomorrow, people will get to see all the details behind it even further. and tomorrow you'll promise more tax cuts. we will have a manifesto tomorrow that builds on all the things that you've just gone through that we've already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people's taxes, because i believe in a country where people's hard work is rewarded. joining me now is rosa prince, deputy uk editor at politico, journalist and author matthew syed and conor matchett, political editor of the scottish sun. and the conor, let's come to you first. on theissue conor, let's come to you first. on the issue of the d—day bunking as nick robinson described it, what did you make of rishi sunak�*s response there? he sai

that includes lifting the income tax, getting rid of long waiting lines in the national health serviceck net zero commitments and a tough stance on migration abolishing any restrictions on u.k. policies. a tough stance. a bunch of policies and the question is do the sums add up and economists are saying no. yesterday they are saying this was not meant to translate into law, it is pushing the tories further to the right because labor is taking a strong stance. the tories and labor. tom: they talked about looking toward 2029 so what is polling telling us about the strength of the party? roz: they are pulling at 14% in the tories are at 22%, some polls even show reform is in front so how does that translate ? you've got disaffected voters gravitating toward reform on the actual day. how does it translate? they may get a few, even nigel throwing fireballs at labor, but will they get enough seats? they do not really, really need to be a significant block. we may not see a huge number of reform. tom: thank you very much indeed on the u.k. story evolving. now to other stories this tuesday. ga

we have had endless promises, i've got your tory press releases, promise of national service, a couple of billion, promise of tax for pensioners, promise of a tax cut for pensioners, promise of a tax cut for pensioners, promise of a tax cut for parents, more apprenticeships, more police officers, endless promises. more and more money from the conservatives. have you found the magic money tree? no, every single one of those policies you've just been through is fully funded and costed, as is explained in every one of those press releases, as indeed when we've set out our manifesto tomorrow, people will be able to see all the details behind it even further. and tomorrow you will promise more tax cuts? we will have a manifesto tomorrow that builds on all the things you've just gone through, that we've already announced in this campaign, that, yes, does continue to cut people's taxes because i believe in a country where people's hard work is rewarded. nick robinson also showed mr sunak a photo of the international d—day event that he apologised for missing last week. the prime minister says he never meant to cause hu

a promise of national service — a couple of billion there. a promise for a tax cut for pensioners.every single one of those policies that you have just been through is fully funded and costed, as is explained in every single one of those press releases, as indeed when we have set out our manifesto tomorrow, people will be able to see all the details behind it even further. and tomorrow you will promise more tax cuts? we will have a manifesto tomorrow that builds on all the things you just gone through that we have just built the labour party pledged to create 100,000 additional childcare places and more than 3,000 new nurses. liberal democrats are pledging everyone in england would be entitled to free at—home care. the two—child benefit cap would be lifted. and people in the uk would have the right to see a gp within seven days oh within 24 gp within seven days oh within 2a hours if urgent. a serious incident at a park in china — instructors were in china — instructors were in china for a teaching programme with the local university. the couege with the local university. the colleg

think, for instance, that rishi sunak, with everything that you've been announcing national service cap on migrant visas, tax cut in the form of a national insurance reduction, why isn't it cutting through? why aren't the polls shifting for rishi sunak? >> well let's see, we're four weeks away from an election as i say on on the migration numbers we've taken like decisive action already. that's going to reduce it by 300,000. that's happening already on the boats. we said today, i think the first, if we're re—elected, the first rwanda flight is now firmly scheduled for the 24th of july. and we know the deterrent effect of sending people somewhere like rwanda does work. we saw it work in australia about ten years with their operation sovereign borders. so there is a clear plan, and i think as this election campaign unfolds , we're election campaign unfolds, we're right at the beginning of it now. we've got four weeks, i think just over four weeks to go. we will see movement . i go. we will see movement. i think the debate tonight is going to be important. people will see keir starmer has essentially no idea. h

announcement after announcement on quite significant things like a national service for young people for example on making sure that pensioners never pay taxty was in there that gap and the aim for the conservative party was in there that gap in the polls between them and the labour party. now we are seeing a bit of a shift in the tactic of them in attacking labour�*s proposals will pump they do have that significant lead in the polls, seen across numerous poles we've seen. i suppose their strategy is to be will one of reassurance to try and argue that they will offer economic stability and growth. i suppose it's not to upset the apricot too much because they enjoyed leading the polls. and they want to maintain that. sorry. one small party on the uk's posed a significant threat to rishi sunak�*s conservative party. not so much in terms of seats, but in terms of votes to take off the conservatives. one candidate has resigned — grant sinclair armstrong, after comets emerge where he endorsed apparently the bnd, a far—right party in the uk. he apologised, saying he never supports the bnp. we expect details of reform tomorrow. that's one challe

we're not going to increase income tax , national increase income tax, national insurance, that, corporation tax. i mean, and yet the whole country knows the public servicesed to be fixed. and the economy is absolutely broken and needs to be fixed. people have not since the war, the second world war, have people felt so poor. world war, have people felt so poor . real wages have gone down poor. real wages have gone down in a way that's never happened before . so let me let me work before. so let me let me work for little sean. >> can i bust this narrative that the economy is in some way broken? we're currently enjoying the highest gdp growth in the g7. the imf have projected that the uk will be number two only to america for growth in the next five years, and wages are keeping up with inflation. wages are rising at the moment. >> i, i don't know i don't know if you actually if you actually believe that the what the sense in which you're questioning the imf . imf. >> if i'm questioning you, mark, to be honest , the, the sense in to be honest, the, the sense in which growth has increased is that was that growth in the uk was the lowest in the western world

tax—cutting agenda. we are spreading opportunity through 100,000 new apprenticeships in a modern form of national servicearliament and a plan to get the flights of to rwanda, and we are ensuring our country cosmic energy security, but also doing it in a proportionate way that lowers people's bills, does not saddle them with extra costs in an ideological pursuit. that is our manifesto and there is a clear choice at this election. we are the only party putting bold action on the table to transform our country. labour have nothing to say about the problems our country faces and how best to address them, nothing. keir starmer is asking for a blank cheque, and he will not tell people which taxes he is going to put up that are ultimately going to cost them £2000. so if you want to secure future, if you want lower taxes, if you want your pension is protected, and you want your border secure, vote conservative at this election. applause time radio listeners often tell us they are — time radio listeners often tell us they are fed up, nothing works. they care a _ they are fed up, nothing works. they care a lot _ t

everything from national service to changes to taxes so that the point at which you lose your child benefit because there is anything to see because there is nothing new being announced are nothing new being rolled out. and there is also this kind of slight problem of people thinking, well, you all the same. if you are going to stick to the same spending limits, if you also saying you are not going to raise any of these taxes, what actually is they're coming down the pipe that is different for me? so you can completely understand why labour has adopted this safety first approach but that is not to say that there aren't some problems that. we're 'ust aren't some problems that. we're just seeing _ aren't some problems that. we're just seeing now — aren't some problems that. we're just seeing now the _ aren't some problems that. we're just seeing now the labour - aren't some problems that. we'rel just seeing now the labour cabinet arriving ahead of sir keir starmer. there is wes streeting sitting down as well. the shadow cabinet have been out and about over the last couple of weeks, really put

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the prime minister promised a multi—billion pound package of tax cuts, including a reduction in national servicethan £17 billion in cuts by 2030. there's also help for first time buyers, with changes to stamp duty and the pledge for a new help to buy scheme. there was a promise to address the housing shortage by building 1.6 million new

national service. a couple of billion there. a promise for a tax cut for pensioners.es. of more and more money from the conservatives. have you found the magic money tree? ., , , ., ., tree? no, every single one of those policies _ tree? no, every single one of those policies that _ tree? no, every single one of those policies that you - tree? no, every single one of those policies that you have l those policies that you have 'ust those policies that you have just been through is fully funded and costed, as is explained in every single one of those _ explained in every single one of those press releases, as indeed _ of those press releases, as indeed when we have set out our manifesto — indeed when we have set out our manifesto tomorrow, people will be able — manifesto tomorrow, people will be able to see all the details behind — be able to see all the details behind it even further. and tomorrow _ behind it even further. and tomorrow you _ behind it even further. and tomorrow you will - behind it even further. fific tomorrow you will promise more tax cuts? we tomorrow

national service. a couple of billion there. a promise for a tax cut for pensioners.for parents. cut for pensioners. more apprenticeships, more police officers — endless promises of more and more money from the conservatives. have you found the magic money tree? no, every single one of those policies that you've just been through is fully funded and costed, as is explained in every single one of those press releases. as indeed when we set out our manifesto tomorrow, people will be able to see all the details behind it even further. add tomorrow, you'll promise more tax cuts? we will have a manifesto tomorrow that builds on all of the things that you've just gone through, that we've already announced in this campaign, that, yes, does continue to cut people's taxes because i believe in a country where people's hard work is rewarded. and there's a clear choice and contrast at this election — our party, the conservatives, are promising and will deliver tax cuts, building on the tax cuts that we have already started to deliver and have ruled out tax rises. that's not what

so the six billion that you rightly asked about is the tax avoidance, and that helps fund most of the giveaways from national service triple lock plus that we've had so far. so the 12 billion, as i was saying a moment ago, opens up some extra space for something ahead of the manifesto. is the 12 billion fair? well, it comes essentially from savings on welfare spending that was, pre—pandemic, £49 billion per year. it is now 69 billion, and it's heading tojust below 80 billion by 2028-29. so on the face of it, you are slowing the rate of growth from 49 up to 80, and then may be 12 billion. that is the problem is that many of the things, many of the steps that they have detailed today are already factored in to the 80 billion. and the biggest one there isn't, you know, it seems difficult to think you'd save 12 billion from that. you might be able save 12 billion from others. you know, i rememberthere's a famous debate about 12 billion of welfare savings in the 2015 general election, and it did more or less achieve that eventually. the ifs have been hugely critical, really straightaway, straight out of the blocks, sayin

why shouldn't tips, tipping for service workers be tax-free? the nation's supply side editorial page said it was a bad idea. i don't know, it cuts the employment tax, cuts the tax own employment. it seems like a fair thing to do. it is good for working folks. mr. trump is touting it. i'm sure he will mention it in his speech in racine, wisconsin. what is wrong with no taxes on tips? >> i actually like the idea. i was a waitress who worked for one dollar an hour back in those days. it was a cash world, which by the way the democrats are trying to eliminate. they're trying to say we can't use cash anymore. they will go after our transactions, you're own your honor to report what your tips are. we're saying we don't trust you. we'll make you put a certain amount -- [inaudible]. actually come up with a number what your tips are supposed to be, already presumed. if you get more for really doing a good job, for, try to come after you for that. i like it is more of a free market idea and i love what trump is doing because i can totally relate to that. imagine work

so the six billion that you rightly asked about is the tax avoidance, and that helps fund most of the giveaways from national service triple lock plus that we've had so far. so the 12 billion, as i was saying a moment ago, opens up some extra space for something ahead of the manifesto. is the 12 billion fair? well, it comes essentially from savings on welfare spending that was, pre—pandemic, £49 billion per year. it is now 69 billion, and it's heading tojust below 80 billion by 2028-29. so on the face of it, you are slowing the rate of growth from 49 up to 80, and then may be 12 billion. that is the problem is that many of the things, many of the steps that they have detailed today are already factored in to the 80 billion. and the biggest one there isn't, you know, it seems difficult to think you'd save 12 billion from that. you might be able save 12 billion from others. you know, i rememberthere's a famous debate about 12 billion of welfare savings in the 2015 general election, and it did more or less achieve that eventually. the ifs have been hugely critical, really straightaway, straight out of the blocks, sayin

we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock plus 100,000 new apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxeseople, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day. >> well, the prime minister is promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories get re—elected. rishi sunak saying that the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students . however, overseas students. however, labouris overseas students. however, labour is calling it another empty promise from a, quote, desperate conservative party policing minister chris philp says the tories target is to build on this recent recruitment of officers . of officers. >> we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers. we've already got . those extra 8000 already got.

announcement after announcement on quite significant things like a national service for young people for example on making sure that pensioners never pay taxnd the labour party. none have materially shifted the gap in the polls we have seen. labour have a significant lead in the polls. we are seeing across numerous polls we have seen in the past few weeks. their strategy, their tactic, i suppose, weeks. their strategy, their tactic, isuppose, we weeks. their strategy, their tactic, i suppose, we saw a manifesto launch this week, it will be one of reassurance to argue that they will offer economic stability and economic growth and really, i suppose, it is to not upset the apple cart too much. they do have a lead in the polls and want to maintain that.— maintain that. one of the smaller _ maintain that. one of the smaller parties _ maintain that. one of the smaller parties on - maintain that. one of the smaller parties on the . maintain that. one of the i smaller parties on the right, reform uk, had a member resigned?— resigned? yes, reform uk proposing _ resigned? yes, reform uk proposing a _ resigned? yes, reform uk proposing a significant

tax cuts, we'll get the details later. introducing a form of national service. ink this can raise about £6 billion a year. labour actually have a similar policy. they think it will raise about £5 billion extra. but will it work? well, some of the experts we asked said the figures were uncertain. and as you can see here, another group, the tax policy associates, say it is credible but with a big caveat, and that's that the policy would need to be targeted. so not easy to get to that six billion figure, but not impossible. the bigger pledge the conservatives have is this — reducing welfare spending by £12 billion a year. we asked the conservatives for the numbers and they were adamant that this is possible. but we also spoke to experts who aren't so sure. this is what the institute for fiscal studies said. "it looks difficult in the extreme." another group of experts, the resolution foundation, said it looks extremely challenging to deliver. so there is already some scepticism about the figures. and by the way, if any of this rings bells, if it sounds familiar, hav

limits on its taxation plans, it is not going to raise income tax, national insurance, vat, but it wants to increase spending on key public serviceslth creation, and a lot of economist saying you might want to do that but being outside the eu and outside the single market and the customs union makes it a whole lot harder. labour is adamant that it has no plans to rejoin the customs union or the single market. says it wants to renegotiate the deal boris johnson did with the eu but never any specifics about how that will happen so that is the big unknown factor, one of the things that voters will quite rightly wonder about. ~ , , ., ., ., about. where is this growth going to come from? — about. where is this growth going to come from? thank _ about. where is this growth going to come from? thank you _ about. where is this growth going to come from? thank you very - about. where is this growth going to come from? thank you very much i about. where is this growth going to | come from? thank you very much for taking us through those stories. we will see you later on. today marks the sixth national windrush day, which was established to

supports c-span as a public service, along with other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. en td need tosenator elizabet overhaul the nation's tax code. during her remarks, she urged her colleagues to stand firm on raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations in future negotiations with republicans on tax policy. oke at an event hosted by the washington center for equitable growth and this run about 30 minutes. warren. [applause] abnbz much. it's good to see you all, it is good to be here. old friends, new friends. thank you, david, for the introduction. it is good to be here atnter. we are 141 days away from when e direction our country takes on abortion,hl climate, and immigration. another fight withthe fight ove. in 2017, donald trump signed his only major legislative ilcut for millionaires, billionaires, and giant corporations. you know, thegging for money tos legal bills and to fund his so in 2■b025, many of those cuts will expire, and ready or not,co confront big across-the-board decisions on tax■■:icy. in 2025 create a huge -- will create a huge opportunity to break with decades ofg politicad reshape the tax code to refl

have a look at the list, more apprentices, national service plan, defence spending, tax cuts and nationalbit of context there when you are analysing or thinking through the numbers. one final thing to flag up on the conservative plans is some of the pledges that were in the last manifesto in 2019, they look pretty similar. that was a page in 2019, 300,000 new homes a year by the middle of the 20 20s, no sign of that happening yet, the conservatives are behind, and they have come up with a similar target today, 1.6 million new homes over the next parliament, if that is a five—year parliament, it is just over 300,000, so they are repeating the pledge, and think this time they have something to allow them to do it. the other one is this, the pledge from 2019, overall immigration numbers will come down. we have spoken a lot about this on the bbc over the past few weeks, they did not, they reached a record high in 2022, and today, not unlike 2019, there is a pledge in the new conservative manifesto that they are guaranteeing a fall in net migration based on some deflation that would set a cap

tax point. ifound myself laughing when a question about national service became about tax.r will put up taxes by £2000 for each household and that comes from a figure the conservatives claim is a hole in labour's spending plans. they say there are £40 billion across the board they have not accounted for and they say if you divide it by every household in the country where one is in work you get a £2000 figure. the figure was generated by civil servants in the treasury. but it was generated by civil servants on the basis of assumptions provided by the conservative party and those assumptions, a lot of people not just labour would say are pretty out there. for example, one where you get the figure is by the conservative saying to the treasury if stuff is done by the private sector, it will be 7.5% more efficient than the public sector. even the treasury civil servants producing calculation and said we are not sure about that figure. labour say this figure is just nonsense. they were frustrated keir starmer did not [and that lying quickly in the debate but i think we will hear

a pronounced in this election a whole series of plans on everything from national service for young people to taxsince sliced bread. ,, ,, . , ., the greatest thing since sliced bread. ,., bread. he likes sliced bread doesn't t. bread. he likes sliced bread doesn't t, lord cameron? _ bread. he likes sliced bread doesn't t, lord cameron? he _ bread. he likes sliced bread doesn't t, lord cameron? he keeps- bread. he likes sliced bread doesn't t, lord cameron? he keeps talking| t, lord cameron? he keeps talking about it. excitement is building in munich ahead of the start of the euros. the host germany will take on scotland in the opening match tomorrow. fans have been flocking to the german city ahead of that game. there are three games on saturday, including spain versus croatia and england will of course play their first match against serbia on sunday. let's cross live and speak to nick beek, who is our correspondence in munich. nick, it must be so exciting for scotland fans. a lovely city to be in an exciting tournament and all to play for. it exciting tournament and all to play for. , ., ., ,~

service. all of our citizens can find a tax credit with us based on their national code.y are divided into 3 groups, or those whose income is more than their expenses , the higher they are, the higher they are, the more they will be taxed, or if their income is equal to their expenses, they will not be taxed. they do not receive subsidies or they are people whose expenses are more than their incomes, they should receive subsidies. there is a limit, which is this limit. it is called absolute poverty, of course , we have a lower level, judicial poverty, fortunately for us , the issue of judicial poverty has now been resolved with the government of martyr raisi, which means that now we can say that all iranian citizens are receiving those 2,900 to 2,100 kilocalories. this happened with the efforts of the government, with the support it gave to the subsidized institutions, and the support institutions of the relief committee, but with absolute poverty, which is now between 12 and 13 million tomans, for example. the government is responsible for our income difference to fill t

revised tax due to be passed before june 30th after a debate, authorities have issued heat warnings for some $70000000.00 americans as temperature sore across the united states. the national weather service says it's the 1st significant heat wave of the season. the heat has been brought on by what's called a heat don't phenomenon. that's when a high pressure system hovers over the same area for a long time and traps and warm air underneath. meanwhile, firefighters battle blazes in california that have already force thousands of people to leave their homes. this is just one of several wildfires currently blazing across california. a combination of hot dry weather and powerful wins have greeted the perfect conditions for fires to spread. forcing sizes of people to evacuate to reach it. more than 1600 did, firefighters were deployed on tuesday to respond to this particular fire, north of los angeles. some traveled by boat before traversing steep clicks in order to suppress the flames. it's a pain, this is the most extreme fire season. i record it, i think it's, it's going to be um, on, on average, looking at our, our outlooks that we're looking at for fuel moisture content across the united

lizzie: bigger tax rises for the rich, frequent flyers and banks to raise pounds and find care and the national health servicee single market when it coombs to the european market. this is the other threat i've talked about, this is from the south. not likely to see a liberal democrat as prime minister. they would come in behind reform, but they could win seats and influence the shape of the next government if there is a close result. tom: meanwhile bank of england expectations we may get more with wage data, what are you scrutinizing? >> the picture is uncomfortable but not enough to stop bank of england. we have the ecb's first cut because of rapid wage growth. sticky wage growth because we had a rise in the national minimum wage. but economists expect the first cut in august. the only one fully priced is november but will be interesting to see the new pricing. tom: thank you very much indeed on the politics and economic data. we will break that live. leaders are eager to resolve tough spots, we are live with the latest. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome back to bloomberg. after ursula won the most seats she

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still challenges that exist within the national health service, despite the fact that we've substantially funded the nhs in scotland. you have all the power, you taxhs per patient than they do in england and wales, and yet still you've got 37,000 people waiting more than a year. and i think that's a measure of the scale of demand there is for the national health service. and we've got to honestly confront that. that's why we are leading debates in the scottish parliament about the reform that's necessary to make sure that we have much more emphasis on prevention, so that we're supporting people to live lives more substantially within the community and not requiring hospital intervention. so that that can get us into a situation where we reduce the demand that is presenting on the national health service. now, one other delivery point. schools. why have they gone backwards under the snp? you'll know there's an internationally recognised way of comparing the way schools perform on maths and reading and science. there's no complicated statistics in this. you're sliding down the tables and you, mr swinney, you were responsible for scottish schools for

we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock, plus 100,000 new apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxesor people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day, rishi sunak well, he's also saying he's promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories are re—elected. >> rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students. labour is calling it another empty promise from a desperate conservative party policing minister chris philp says the tories aim to build on their recent recruitment programme. >> we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers. we've already got. those extra 8000 officers will be dedicated to neighbourhood policing. that means patrolling your local high street, patrollin