hello, i m lauren taylor. we start here in the uk, and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that
now it s time for today s sunday episode of newscast with adam fleming, laura kuenssberg and paddy o connell. hello, you two. hello. can i introduce you to the new star of newscast electioncast? yourself. no! i m famously modest, laura. jenny leck. 0h! the realjenny leck. i heard about this. yeah, she s from manchester and her name is actuallyjenny leckie, but her friends call herjenny leck, which means she s perfect as our part time general election correspondent. so i heard jenny leck the other day on newscast, and i thought, she sounds like a marvellous person. however, i also have quite a strong feeling that anyone calling the general election genny lex should be not allowed to do so. you were wondering in a new modern bbc, what kind of punishment is allowed? yes, exactly. oh, really? because i heard i heard the bosses are thinking of calling the election night programme, jenny leck: nation decides election night programme. that s really hilarious. 0k. anyway, jenny lec