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hello, im loren taylor. rishi sunak has launched the conservative partys election manifesto, promising a raft of new measures, that he says "will enable working people to keep more of the money," they earn. he was speaking at the silverstone race track, and made pledges on tax, housing, and immigration, including another 2p cut in the pound, in national insurance, plus the abolition of the main self employed rate. therell be help for first—time buyers, with the scrapping of stamp dut...

they say it would pay for the recruitment and retention of 8,000 gps and will be funded by raising tax for the big banks. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. leader of the liberal democrats ed davey. applause applause a day to make some noise. the liberal democrats have been loudly declaring nhs and social care in crisis. with a leader who has spoken about his experience of caring for his disabled son and previously his mother. �* , ., , ., his disabled son and previo...

you want the bbc to cover, and time and again, housing came up. peter felix, who lives locally, was one of the many who contacted us through your voice, your vote. he and his partner are both in their 40s. they would love to buy a home together, but cant get onto the housing ladder. the average price paid by a first—time buyer in the uk last year was just over quarter of a million pounds. thats up from £109,000 20 years earlier. the average age of a first—time buyer in the uk is n...

of symi last wednesday, his body was later recovered on a remote hillside following a four day search. from symi, our correspondent joe inwood reports. it was here on a rocky hillside that michael mosley was found. he was just metres from safety when he was seemingly overcome by the heat and collapsed. the people of this island and the greek authorities had done everything they could. despite that, he was not found for nearly four days. it was on that beach of agia marina that the body...

fraser. good morning, welcome to brussels. boats are still being counted here at the european parliament. it very much feels like the morning after that i before, is a bleary eyes. i can see journalists asleep at the desks, surrounded by the detritus of half eaten food, bottles of water and quite a lot of coffee. no question what a story of the night was, the shift across the continent to the right. the hard right performing well in austria, the netherlands, germany. not so well in pol...

announced in this campaign, that, yes, does continue to cut peoples taxes because i believe in a country where peoples 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 hurt or offence, which is why hes "apologised unreservedly" for the mistake. i want you to look at this photograph. the president of the united states, the chancellor of germany, t...

adding to the problems. cases that should be tried your now have to be heard across the region. this charity provides support to victims of rape and sexual assault, and says such cases usually take between four and five years to get to court, which leads to some survivors dropping the charges. it is notjust the mental preparation, it is also childcare, taking time off work, transport, all these other things. and then, to go through that once, and then at the last minute you are getting...

tax for the big banks. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey! applause. a day to make some noise. the liberal democrats have been loudly declaring that the nhs and social care is in crisis. with a leader who has spoken about his experience of caring for his disabled son and previously his mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous, so our manifesto doesnt shy away from that. we ar...

national insurance though, i dont know that for certain. the prime minister has dismissed to those in his own party who think for example that he should promise to scrap inheritance tax and that will come on top of a series of national insurance cuts that have already been made, which he argues is helping the average worker and not helping the average worker and not helping pensioners. he argues it actually helps business because its an incentive for them to take on more workers, for p...

to supporting our armed forces. there are difficult battles to fight, and then there are campaigns that are going so badly your are going so badly, your own ministers are being asked whether you might resign. has that crossed your mind? im energised about the vision were putting forward for the country. this campaign is only...not even halfway through yet. for the last few weeks now, the party leaders have been dashing around the country. now, they dont go to places by accident or on a...