what do you make of the comments of rachel reeves today? of the comments of rachel reeves toda ?nts of rachel reeves toda? , i, today? labour will be very pleased today? labour will be very pleased to see those _ today? labour will be very pleased to see those comments _ today? labour will be very pleased to see those comments on - today? labour will be very pleased to see those comments on the - today? labour will be very pleased l to see those comments on the front page of the daily mail, they have thrown everything at trying to show that labour is a party to be trusted on the economy, they have tried to capitalise on everything that happened after the liz truss

rachel reeves, are you a socialist and _ five. rachel reeves, are you a socialist and if _ five.country offers. i believe in strong public services to support people all through their lives, from the cradle to the grave, and i believe that work should always pay and offer security to people. that is how i would describe myself but instead of fixating on labels, look at what labour governments have done in the past for working people and look at the aspirations and vision that i have set out today and keir starmer set out yesterday. gb news. 50 have set out today and keir starmer set out yesterday. gb news.- set out yesterday. gb news. so you are not a socialist _ set out yesterday. gb news. so you are not a socialist are _ set out yesterday. gb news. so you are not a socialist are you _ set out yesterday. gb news. so you are not a socialist are you lax - are not a socialist are you lax about — are not a socialist are you lax about company bosses getting very rich? _ about company bosses getting very rich? l _ about company bosses getting very rich? ., ,, ,,, about company bosses

but it's a very confident speech from rachel reeves . that's someone rachel reeves., i think i did detect a degree of frustration that labour, the tory party, is chucking around all sorts of ideas in the way that jeremy corbyn's labour party did, did back in 2019. but laboun party did, did back in 2019. but labour, as the clear front runner, 20 points ahead, can't do that and is sticking very tightly to any only only funded announcements. and i only imagine the pressure on her privately from other parts of the labour movement. but she's holding firm at the moment and onto the matter of the angela rayner inquiry. >> just broken in the last few moments. chris greater manchester police concluding that no further police action will be take place, there could still be a tax issue. this isn't necessarily dead and buried as a story , but this is now a tax story, but this is now a tax matter. hmrc, over allegations of a amount of tax which may or may not have been owed or paid historically over the selling of houses. but for today, chris, this is no longer a police matter. a

rachel reeves talks about worth. i think— rachel reeves talks about worth.hink the intention in that offer is if you read the text she mentioned growth, _ if you read the text she mentioned growth, gb did not gdp about 50 ties with her— growth, gb did not gdp about 50 ties with her she doesn't say per capita or, with her she doesn't say per capita or. that _ with her she doesn't say per capita or, that means each of us get richer ones _ or, that means each of us get richer ones there — or, that means each of us get richer ones there is — or, that means each of us get richer ones. there is a challenge or labour they are _ ones. there is a challenge or labour theyare it's— ones. there is a challenge or labour they are. it's going to be interesting to see whether or not any of— interesting to see whether or not any of this— interesting to see whether or not any of this makes a difference. on one hand — any of this makes a difference. on one hand labour can't come in with ijil, one hand labour can't come in with big, bold _ one hand labour can't come in with big

rachel reeves and jeremy _ itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt _ itself hemmed in.hunt are _ itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are both - and jeremy hunt are both desperately trying to square a very difficult circle at the moment. if there is going to be no tax increases over the next several years, then it will be desperately difficult to find enough moneyjust to avoid cutting spending on some brick services let alone finding money to increase them. this is how the liberal _ money to increase them. this is how the liberal democrats - money to increase them. this is how the liberal democrats will i how the liberal democrats will be getting from a to be during this election campaign, an echo of labour�*s promise from them too. of labour's promise from them too. ~ . , ., of labour's promise from them too. ~ ., ,., , ., too. we were also pledging not too. we were also pledging not to raise taxes _ too. we were also pledging not to raise taxes for _ too. we were also pledging not to raise taxes for ordinary - to raise taxes for ordinary people. people are

so rachel reeves, shadow chancellor, has always wanted to keep her cards very, very close to her chest "i'll be careful with your money, i'll be careful with your money, and by the way, i'll be careful with your money." there's been a question about what they would do about tax, because the tories have long said they won't really be careful with your money. "they're just not telling you they're secretly planning to put up taxes!" but this morning on the record, she ruled out increasing income tax. and that is quite a big and important moment in this campaign. well, let's start by listening. we won't increase income tax or national insurance. - in fact, we oppose the increases to national insurance _ when rishi sunak put those forward as chancellor. - so that is a very expensive commitment. in other words, that's a huge amount of money that she would not have to play with if she's lucky enough to become the chancellor in six weeks' time. but isn't this what labour were saying anyway? i thought they said they weren't going to put taxes up. they've said generically that they don't want to

speaking to gb news political editor christopher hope , miss reeves said wages hope, miss reeves saidremain flat and taxpayers are being asked to pay more for less. >> everything that i put forward will be fully costed and fully funded because i will never play fast and loose with the public finances, because when you do so, you put family finances and pensioners finances in peril and the conservatives are now adding bauble after bauble to the christmas tree without any idea of how they're going to fund these new commitments. yesterday they said they were going to use this money to create national service scheme. today they're saying they'll use the same pot of money to give a tax break for pensioners. well, the reason that pensioners are paying more tax today is because of decisions by this conservative prime minister rachel reeves. >> speaking to gb news earlier on today. meanwhile, the deputy labour leader has accused the conservatives of using desperate tactics after greater manchester police said it will take no further action in its investigation into electoral irregularities. a

in a speech in london a short time ago , rachel reeves short time ago, rachel reeves said the conservativenservatives are gaslighting the british public. they say we've turned a corner and they ask people to stick with the conservative party but it is those very conservatives who are set to leave the average household £870 worse off through stealth, taxes and increases in council tax. the prime minister claims that he is delivering for the country , but the british the country, but the british people did not order what this prime minister is delivering . prime minister is delivering. >> china is suspected of carrying out a massive hacking attack on britain's ministry of defence. defence secretary grant shappsis defence. defence secretary grant shapps is updating mps on the cyber attack today in which an armed force data base was targeted . it means bank details targeted. it means bank details and some addresses of serving personnel and veterans may have been compromised . talks will been compromised. talks will resume in cairo today after israel rejected a ceasefire proposal that was accep

the shadow chancellor rachel reeves was here in i chancellor rachel reeves was here in wakefield becauseey target seats for the labour party. she was here to help launch the campaign for their local candidate. there have been boundary changes with a selection up here as well. she went as far as saying that the road to downing street runs right through constituencies like these. here and on the bbc sunday programme of law can spare, she declared that she would never play fast and loose with the public finances and were never put forward an funded proposal. she also said that there will be no rises in income tax or nationaljoint if labour win the general election but she said that some spending cuts have not been rolled out. she said that she was under no illusion about the scale of the challenge and would face some difficult decisions. she also put out a bit of an appeal to families, especially families with young children. she said that labour would be the party for them and declare that there would be no return to austerity. should the labour party get into power at the general election

what do you make of rachel reeves comments today?those comments splashed on the front page of the daily mail. you know, they've thrown everything at trying to show that labour is a party to be trusted on the economy. they've tried to capitalise on everything that happened during liz truss's premiership and they've tried very hard to not make any unfunded spending commitments to repeatedly say that they can be trusted. so, you know, talking about sound money, that's the key message that they're going to want to be landing with voters, that that labour aren't scary, they're not going to do anything that means you're worse off. and those voters in the mail on some of the kind of more right—leaning papers are people that labour still needs to convince, to make sure that they can, you know, to ensure that they can win a majority at the next election. yeah, and yes, go ahead, james. do you want to come back in? no, i completely agree with lizzie, to be honest. you know, the big hurdle, the big fear for labour is, is this going to be 1992 a

rachel reeves has a clear— grow on trees. rachel reeves has a clear plan— grow on trees.ommittee looking — the public accounts committee looking at failures of government delivery— looking at failures of government delivery so it's important that we have _ delivery so it's important that we have plans — delivery so it's important that we have plans in place looking at making — have plans in place looking at making sure that what we promise the electorate _ making sure that what we promise the electorate is deliverable. we can promise — electorate is deliverable. we can promise the earth but the british public— promise the earth but the british public are — promise the earth but the british public are not fools, they know a cheap _ public are not fools, they know a cheap political promise when they see it _ cheap political promise when they see it and — cheap political promise when they see it and we are trying to avoid that it — see it and we are trying to avoid that. it doesn't really matter who owns _ that. it doesn't really matter who owns the — that. it doesn't really

speaking to gb news political editor christopher hope , miss reeves said wages hope, miss reeves saidemain flat and taxpayers are being asked to pay more for less. >> everything that i put forward will be fully costed and fully funded because i will never play fast and loose with the public finances, because when you do so, you put family finances and pensioners finances in peril and the conservatives are now adding bauble after bauble to the christmas tree without any idea of how they're going to fund these new commitments. yesterday they said they were going to use this money to create national service scheme. today they're saying they'll use the same pot of money to give a tax break for pensioners. well, the reason that pensioners are paying more tax today is because of decisions by this conservative prime minister rachel reeves. >> speaking to gb news earlier on today. meanwhile, the deputy labour leader has accused the conservatives of using desperate tactics after greater manchester police said it will take no further action in its investigation into electoral irregularities. an

what about rachel reeves sa in: the compatible.tible. what about rachel reeves saying the commitments made - compatible. what about rachel reeves saying the commitments made by - saying the commitments made by labour are fully costed and would not require extra wiring or tax rises? is that one you would agree with? . ., , j ., with? the commitments they've made are of course — with? the commitments they've made are of course extremely _ with? the commitments they've made are of course extremely limited. - are of course extremely limited. they also haven't told us how they would take on the situation that they would be bequeathed. so, as i said, the current figures in imply some cuts. labour have not said explicitly that they accept that because that accepts cuts or, no they don't, because that involves tax rises. the tax increase they talked about is actually tiny by the scale of the challenge. what talked about is actually tiny by the scale of the challenge. what about the lib dems? _ scale of the challenge. what about the lib dem

so rachel reeves, shadow chancellor, has always wanted to keep her cards very, very close to her chest'll be careful with your money, i'll be careful with your money. and by the way, i'll be careful with your money. there's been a question about what they would do about tax, because the tories have long said they won't really be careful with your money. they're just not telling you they're secretly planning to put up taxes. but this morning on the record, she ruled out increasing income tax. and that is quite a big and important moment in this campaign. well, let's start by listening. we won't increase income tax or national insurance. - in fact, we oppose the increases to national insurance _ when rishi sunak put those forward as chancellor. - so that is a very expensive commitment. in other words, that's a huge amount of money that she would not have to play with if she's lucky enough to become the chancellor in six weeks' time. but isn't this what labour were saying anyway? i thought they said they weren't going to put taxes up. they've said generically that they don't want to incre

speaking in london earlier , rachel reeves london earlier, rachel reeves said the conservatives aren'tng honest with voters. >> the conservatives are gaslighting the british public. they say we've turned a corner and they ask people to stick with the conservative party, but it is those very conservatives who are set to leave the average household and £870 worse off through stealth, taxes and increases in council tax. the prime minister claims that he is delivering for the country , but delivering for the country, but the british people did not order what this prime minister is delivering . delivering. >> rachel reeves there. china has strongly denied reports that it's behind a cyber attack on the ministry of defence, calling those accusations completely fabricated. bank details of service personnel and veterans have potentially been compromised, and it's claimed a small number of addresses could have also been accessed. the defence secretary, grant shapps , defence secretary, grant shapps, is due to give a statement to the commons this afternoon . the commons this afternoon. rishi suna

but here's rachel reeves .an't hear. >> we can't hear. >> is today the natural party of british business and i want to set out the central economic fault line in this election. the choice before the british people on the 4th of july, five more years of chaos with the conservative party leaving working people worse off or stability with a changed labour party . i can stability with a changed labour party. i can tell you stability with a changed labour party . i can tell you exactly party. i can tell you exactly what rishi sunak wants you to think on polling day. he's already saying it that the plan is working. don't change course now that the chaos and instability wrought by liz truss was just a blip, that the deep problems that we face are down to global events. they are not his fault at all. don't judge us on. don't judge. 14 years on 49 days he will say , i want to take days he will say, i want to take that head on. because while it is true that the crises we have faced are global in origin, our unique exposu

rachel reeves insisted all her plans would be fully costed.t rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today, butjunior treasury minister bimn afolami said in a statement in response... both labour and the conservatives are committed to getting debt falling as a share of national income. but there's a warning whichever party gets into government would find itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are both desperately trying to square a very difficult circle at the moment. if there's going to be no tax increases over the next several years, then it's going to be desperately difficult to find enough moneyjust to avoid cutting spending on some public services, let alone finding money to increase them. this is how the liberal democrats will be getting from a to b during this election campaign. an echo of labour's promise from them, too. well, we were already - pledged not to raise taxes for ordinary people. people are paying far too much tax under the conservatives. . the conservatives

rachel reeves insisted all her plans would be fully costed.n't rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today, butjunior treasury minister bimn afolami said in a statement in response... this is just the same old labour party who have no plan to cut taxes and instead are leaving hard—working families to foot the bill for their unfunded spending commitments. both labour and the conservatives are committed to getting debt falling as a share of national income. but there's a warning whichever party gets into government would find itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are both desperately trying to square a very difficult circle at the moment. if there's going to be no tax increases over the next several years, then it's going to be desperately difficult to find enough moneyjust to avoid cutting spending on some public services, let alone finding money to increase them. this is how the liberal democrats will be getting from a to b during this election campaign. an echo of labour's p

rachel reeves, it is alwa s of doing this. rachel reeves, it is always good _ of doing this.ace where knife crime went up. it was up in more than half of police crime areas. when asked, rachel reeves pointed out there are plans for real terms increases of 1% for public spending across the board. that's true, but experts like the institute for fiscal studies have looked at the figures and they say clearly once you factor in spending commitments for departments like the nhs which are protected, some departments will face cuts in current spending plans. so that is our first back check of the election. let's get back to our panel who have been listening intently to rachel reeves. alan johnson, do you think as somebody who was around in the labour days of 1997 when you said clearly you are going to stick to the tory spending plans, do you think the position they have got themselves in where they have got themselves in where they are taking really quite a similar approach apart from only a few billion here and there, is it the right one?— few billion here and there, is it the right

the shadow chancellor rachel reeves said herj chancellor rachel reeves said her party is in the nationalthe campaign. i want to lead the most progress, the most pro—growth treasury that our country has ever seen. with a laser focus on delivering for working people. it laser focus on delivering for working people.— laser focus on delivering for working people. laser focus on delivering for workin neale, , ., ii working people. it comes as a 420 business figures, _ working people. it comes as a 420 business figures, including - working people. it comes as a 420 i business figures, including founders of wikipedia and iceland supermarket boss has signed a letter and also labour�*s economic plan. ed davey makes a campaign show a lake when domain, but things don't go exactly to plan. nigel farage denounced the leadership style of both tory and labour leaders. just to let you know, some breaking news because this is in the middle east but ireland has formally recognise the state of palestine following a meeting of the irish government. this comes at ireland, spain and norway say they are recogn

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i mean, rachel reeves a labour's rachel reeves, she seems to me she's just trying to pitch herself asliz truss and kwasi kwarteng. she's going to be listening to the experts, she's going to be putting her trust in the organisations like the obr, as you say, and the bank of england. and that's what she's going to be. mrs. sensible . going to be. mrs. sensible. >> well, i think that's right. it's the old adage about the way you get to downing street is you follow the gorilla on the trapeze, carrying the ming vase strategy. you go slowly , strategy. you go slowly, steadily as possible, and you try not to drop anything that may cause a mess. you try and say nothing at all that could offend anyone. but actually, when i put that question to rachel reeves , i was actually rachel reeves, i was actually quoting mervyn king, the former governor of the bank of england, who she then indirectly accused of undermining the bank of england just by questioning the fact, as many people now are, as the economic affairs committee of the house of lords is cross party committee, as many investors , they ar

>> do you mean rachel reeves? >> reeves ? sorry. >> reeves? sorry. >> reeves?is from s club. >> sorry. no i like her, too. and i think she'd be a rubbish chancellor. but rachel reeves, i think, is a force. >> she is. she's an impressive politician . politician. >> she is an impressive politician. and i think i think at the moment labour are ahead. okay. >> who's the three days? who's winning so far? nina briefly a couple of seconds. >> labour and rishi sunak. that drenching. oh. it's washed out drowned rat. >> and, briefly jasmine who's winning so far. >> yes, i think labour and lib dems. i think they are definitely . but you know, as far definitely. but you know, as far as i'm concerned, a lot of people are concerned labour, conservative have their two cheeks okay behind two, two cheeks okay behind two, two cheeks are we. >> we ended on a very different we ended on a bum, listen, michael , we ended on a bum, listen, michael, come and see us again soon. thanks for my pundits and the team. i'll see you tomorrow at nine. headliners >> that warm feeling inside fro

anyway, the point is, this kind of rayner versus, reeves. reeves wants to be more responsible.d, you know , she's the new and, you know, she's the new thatcher, whereas rayner wants to keep the core of this mad lefty union stuff. that was my take on it . take on it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the, the and they've given it a rubbish name as well . a new a rubbish name as well. a new deal for working people has become labour's plan to make work pay. it's just sort of ridiculous really on the nose. >> just, just call it give people money. >> yeah. it's very starmer. this is labour's plan to give you money in your pocket if you want. as long as you work you might get more money. >> yeah. but that's the thing. if you work you'll get paid. so why do they even have to set it up as a thing? >> i but the thing that some of these things seem sensible to me, this thing about unfair dismissal, and sick pay. but in terms of day one rights. but they've dropped the maternity paternity leave. and i think that as we have talked a few times on the show about the looming , times on the show about the l

the daily mail is leading with reeves. i'll never play leading with reeves. i'll never play fast and loose with your money. sounds like a lyric. that one.the money. sounds like a lyric. that one. the telegraph has got inheritance tax against tory values, says hunt. the guardian is running with un top court orders israel to halt assault on rafah. the times are leading with gove quits politics as more tories stand down. the express has got the same story there about michael gove. and finally the daily star. about michael gove. and finally the daily star . we've beaten the the daily star. we've beaten the curse of snoring with wait for it didgeridoos. those were your front pages . right. so we're front pages. right. so we're kicking off our look into saturday's front pages . i'm saturday's front pages. i'm going to start with the mirror, steve, and they're going with quite a partisan headline now. gove quits sunak sinking ship. there's a reason it's not just partisan. there's more punnery at work in there. oh yes. so the main headline thing is that michael gove

no tax rises, says the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves.pension tax cut. what you won't get from me, either in this election campaign or if i become chancellor of the exchequer in a few weeks' time, is any commitments that is not fully costed and fully funded. because if you do that, you are going down the liz truss route and we saw the damage that she did to our economy. rishi sunak is going down that route, i never will. but you can address pensioners who are thinking about where to cast their x in the ballot box in six weeks' time and at the moment they have an offer from the prime minister and the current chancellor which is, if you are on the state, basic state pension, you won't get taxed on it if you vote for them whereas with labour, you would. well, pensioners are only looking at paying tax on the basic state pension because of what the conservatives have done. people should not believe these promises from the government because unless a plan is fully funded, you shouldn't have any confidence it is going to be delivered. and that i

you know, businesses, people, they like rachel reeves, they liked what she _ they like rachel reeves, team have been doing the calculations and they have been saying since this campaign has been saying since this campaign has been launched, rishi sunak has spent £5 billion and it has not been costed and interestingly, two days in a row how do they fund the national service? in a row how do they fund the nationalservice? how in a row how do they fund the national service? how do they fund triple lock plus from cracking down on tax evasion and tax avoidance? that is true. let's find out. joining me now is the transport secretary mark harper. he is sitting over by regent street. your pensions announcement today, just to be clear, what you are doing is unfreezing the fees that the prime minister brought in when he was chancellor, correct? what prime minister brought in when he was chancellor, correct?— prime minister brought in when he was chancellor, correct? what we are sa in: is was chancellor, correct? what we are saying is for— was chancellor, correct? what we are saying is for pensi

what are rachel reeves saying that it is - rachel reeves saying that it is already costed and won't requiree commitments that they have made are extremely limited. they also haven't told us how they would take on this situation. as i've said, the current figures imply some cuts across public spending. what labour has not said explicitly is that, yes, we accept that, and we accept cuts, or no we don't, and we avoid all those cuts because that means tax rises. the tax increases they have talked about are tiny by comparison of the scale of the challenges we face. [30 comparison of the scale of the challenges we face.— comparison of the scale of the challenges we face. do you think the fi . ures add challenges we face. do you think the figures add up? _ challenges we face. do you think the figures add up? i'm _ challenges we face. do you think the figures add up? i'm not— challenges we face. do you think the figures add up? i'm not sure - challenges we face. do you think the figures add up? i'm not sure we - challenges we face. do you think the | figures add up? i'm not sure we have a lot of fi

rachel reeves sunaks government.ion campaign today to spotlight the much criticised mini—budget of the former prime minister, liz truss, which she blamed for costing homeowners around £240 more every month. speaking to gb news political editor chris hope, miss reeves said wages remain flat and taxpayers are being asked to pay more for less. >> everything that i put forward will be fully costed and fully funded because i will never play fast and loose with the public finances because when you do so, you put family finances and pensioners finances in peril. and the conservatives are now adding bauble after bauble to the christmas tree without any idea of how they're going to fund these new commitments. yesterday they said they were going to use this money to create national service scheme. today they're saying they'll use the same pot of money to give a tax break for pensioners . well, tax break for pensioners. well, the reason that pensioners are paying the reason that pensioners are paying more tax today is because o

a degree of frustration, i think, amongst rachel reeves , she's she's rachel reeves, she's she's stickinges while the tories are going much further than that, almost a reversal of the 2019 general election, when we had the so—called corbyn nomics and the magic money tree, where it looks like the tories have not done enough to find that magic money tree and labour is saying they won't go there, she said. interestingly, that that stability is change. so the labour party is offering change, but no real exciting new shiny policies. the tories are doing the opposite, not least on national service over the weekend. and now this commitment that pensions will not pay income tax on state pension. >> it seems that the labour party is determined to run the most boring, mundane don't look at us campaign in the history of british politics, in the hope that the tories will continue tearing chunks out of themselves. but but i suppose on this issue of pensions, there is now clear blue water between the conservative offering and the labour party offering. ironically, the labour party , by ironically, the

income tax or national insurance —— rachel reeves.he spending plans labour would have and would she cut spending in areas? because both the conservatives and labour party have set themselves quite strict rules on how they can spend money in order to get the national debt down, and on that point she was less forthcoming on what they might too and she talked about the pledges labour have already put out there in terms of additional teachers, additional police officers and how they are funded, and she also said this would not be a return to austerity but she did not outright rule out any future spending cuts and i think that shows you the difficult nature, which add a person is the next chancellor, they face when they come into office. we have heard some reaction, as you heard there in head and capped's piece, but to elaborate on that we heard from the snp and they said labour are trying to fool voters into voting for them around this issue on spending cuts and were saying there was a kind of conspiracy of silence between the conservativ

reeves and bullock is going to open up about the filming experience in the 90s reeves saying we played rare as actors. speed became a 1 of 1994's biggest blockbusters raking in nearly $350 million and with two academy award nominations, i forgot that and consider one of the best action films of the decade. now we just need a script and a studio and we have a movie. >> robin: that's all? >> george: i mean you can get a script in the studio. >> michael: i think at this point they would probably be driving wouldn't be a bus, what it? >> i would like to see what they do. >> michael: i'm curious. >> it is out there, everybody. speed 2 came out it was only with bullock, reeves did not like the script it's considered not a great one. they call it one of the worst sequels ever made. bullock and says she regrets making its own speed 3 could be a great way to tie a gorgeous bow. also this morning robert downey jr. adding a career first to his resume brushed off his oscar win of oppenheimer, rd jay will make his broadway debut in a show called "mcneil count me in" he is starting as a gifted novel

no tax rises, says the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves.u won't get from me, either in this election campaign or if i become chancellor of the exchequer in a few weeks' time, is any commitments that is not fully costed and fully funded. because if you do that, you are going down the liz truss route and we saw the damage that she did to our economy. rishi sunak is going down that route. i never will. but you can address pensioners who are thinking about where to cast their x in the ballot box in six weeks' time and at the moment they have an offer from the prime minister and the current chancellor which is, if you are on the state, basic state pension, you won't get taxed on it if you vote for them, whereas with labour, you would. well, pensioners are only looking at paying tax on the basic state pension because of what the conservatives have done. people should not believe these promises from the government because unless a plan is fully funded, you shouldn't have any confidence it is going to be delivered. and that is the problem with the

meanwhile the shadow chancellor rachel reeves has said that labour is the "natural party for britishcting china in the potteries today, but there are no delicate ming vases in his campaign. the conservatives' strategy appears to be move fast and break things, with bold policies. today's new offer — no tax for those on the basic state pension. for people who work hard all their lives and put in, then we need to make sure that they have the dignity they deserve when they've finished. and that is why i have already protected pensions and the triple lock and you have seen our announcement today, the triple lock plus, where we will raise the threshold, make sure that pensioners get a tax cut and they will never pay tax on the state pension, as well as the triple lock going up. 30 miles down the a50 at rolls—royce in derby, labour's top two are also talking economics. at britain's world beating exporter ofjet engines, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, heralded the support of over 120 business executives for a change of government. i can say with confidence that this labour party is the

i rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor. rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor.nservative proposal to bring back a version of national service if they win the election. i'm joined now by sebastian payne — a formerjournalist and director of the centre—right thinktank uk 0nward — who have previously argued for national service. we have to tell you, in the interest of transparency, he unsuccessfully stood to be conservative candidate in the last year. thank you for joining us. your proposal was a little different for national service. you were arguing in favour of it being, not being compulsory, you thought there should be an opt out. how problematic is it to make it a mandatory thing? i out. how problematic is it to make it a mandatory thing?— it a mandatory thing? i think the fact that the _ it a mandatory thing? i think the fact that the conservatives i it a mandatory thing? i think the fact that the conservatives are i fact that the conservatives are looking at this is a really good thing because the research we did at 0nward shows younger people are unhappy, un

. _ in the uk, the shadow chancellor rachel reeves — who's hoping to take over as finance minister ineneral election — has been giving a speech in which she accuses the government of "gaslighting" the british people over the state of the economy. speaking to a room full of business leaders, she said the government's claims that their economic plan is working are "deluded". they say we have turned a corner. but try telling that to the 6.4 million households across england and wales last year who saw their rent increase or who had to remortgage. or the 950,000 families whose mortgage deal is due to expire between now and january next year. they say that the plan is working. is this the same plan that has meant that this is forecast to be the first parliament on record with living standards at the end lower than they were at the start? the speech comes ahead of key figures likely to show the uk emerging from recession later this week. the bank of england could also take steps towards interest rate cuts. let's speak now to mike coop, from morningstar investment management. good to help yo