to a 3 0 victory at everton. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said there will be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. however the prime minister has given her clearest signal yet that her party will abandon its promise not to raise income tax or national insurance contributions. labour has also promised not to raise vat, with leaderjeremy corbyn saying any other tax rises will fall on what he calls the top end and not on low and middle earners. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. in the swing of an election campaign, there is, for some, an unmentionable word. so far, theresa may has skirted around the issue of whether her government would increase taxes, but this morning she gave the strongest indication yet that she will drop a previous tory commitment not to raise national insurance, income tax or vat. we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear i don t want to make specific prop
most pa rt showers in the north, but for the most part it will be dry, bright and breezy. some showers and cloud around in the afternoon, but temperatures 12 or 13 degrees, with showers on the heavy side and rumbles of thunder. northern england for the most part, fine and dry, but 11 degrees on the north sea coast. 15 to 16 in northern ireland and 1718 in the west of scotland. it stays breezy for all areas through the evening. showers slowly drifting away towards the near continent. that easterly breeze will dragon a fair bit of low cloud on tuesday morning. most places by then should be frost free. some of the cloud is low and great, towards the eastern side of scotland. is the main area of low pressure side of scotland. is the main area of low pressure drift south on tuesday, we start to see high pressure from moving and. wind will come in from the east generating low cloud, and it could stay cool and grey on the eastern coastal areas, ten to 13 degrees. inland it could be
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