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correspondentjessica parker. it was the first live tv showdown of this election between the two men who could be your next prime minister. the nhs, the cost of living and tax took centre stage, including a repeated conservative claim... mark my words, labour will raise your taxes. it's in their dna. ..that labour's plans would mean a £2,000 tax rise per working household. a figure arrived at, rishi sunak suggested, through independent treasury officials. this £2,000 you keep saying it's going to cost is absolute garbage. we won't go into the details of it. it became clearer that the supposed hike would be over four years as the tories stuck to a treasury based attack line. i've worked in the treasury and i can tell you that these are brilliant independent civil servants and they will not be putting anything dodgy in there. these are all policies that have been set up by the labour party. and actually, if anything, they are underestimating the cost to families. but look at this.
it's a letter from the treasury's top civil servant obtained exclusively by the bbc. it says the civil service wasn't involved in the production or presentation of the conservative party's tax claims, that the calculations go beyond what the treasury's provided and shouldn't be presented as having been produced by the civil service. well, as rishi sunak, who lied 12 times in the debate last night about labour's tax plans, the truth is, it's the conservatives that have taken the tax burden to the highest it's been in 70 years. that is the conservatives' record and their legacy. so what's going on here? well, the conservatives asked the treasury to cost policies they claim labour will pursue. those calculations have then been included in a tory party dossier to reach the £2,000 figure. so it's not a treasury number, it's an extrapolation that is soaked in the politics of this election. a cloudy picture, but rishi sunak
appears to be doubling down, releasing this video on social media. he may hope all you'll hear is scary numbers, but now doubt has been cast on the claim, he risks something else — public trust. jessica parker, bbc news in westminster. let's talk about that claim. what's going on? was that claim from rishi sunak in last night's debate that labour would put up household taxes by £2000 produced by the treasury? that is certainly what the conservative leader implied. here is what he actually said. first, let's explain
inflation is back to normal, wages are growing. taxes are now being cut. keir starmerwould are growing. taxes are now being cut. keir starmer would put all that progress at risk. he would put up everyone�*s taxes by £2000. £2000 progress at risk. he would put up everyone�*s taxes by £2000. e2000 and higher taxes for every working family in our country. claire coutinho doubled down on the prime ministers earlier claim. i have worked in the treasury, and i can tell you these are brilliant independent civil servants, and they would not be putting anything dodgy in there. these are all the policies that have been set up by the labour party, and actually, if anything, they are underestimating the cost to families. they have been signed off by the parliamentary secretary of the treasury. the figure first appeared in a conservative document called labour's tax rises published three weeks ago along with the claim that almost every costing had been conducted by the treasury. but two days ago the most senior civil servant in the treasury, the permanent secretary, james bowler wrote to labour making clear the civil service had not been as involved as the conservatives had claimed. "civil servants were not involved in
the pun, but you were _ which is very unusual. yes, excuse the pun, but you were on - which is very unusual. yes, excuse the pun, but you were on the - which is very unusual. yes, excuse i the pun, but you were on the money on this one because that was an early glimpse of what has become the biggest row of this election campaign so far which is rishi sunak trying to recreate what served john major so well which is a labour tax bombshell, saying after what the prime minister said in that debate and what his colleague told you which is that this sum of money was signed off by the treasury. now we know the treasury are not happy about that because they wrote a letter to labour two days about this, and they are saying yes, we did make these assessment, opposition spending plans, all governments ask all treasury officials to do that, there is nothing strange but the point is these are assessment made by political advisers, these are assessment made by politicaladvisers, but these are assessment made by political advisers, but there is another element to this which is that tories came up with a global figure, £38 billion black hole in labour's plans which produced that £2,000 figure from the prime minister. minister. that was based on some additional work by the institute for government. nick day
this sacred ground was illuminated in honour of the day's dead. because it is their bravery that changed the course of the war and reshaped the future of our world. danjohnson, bbc news, portsmouth. the election campaign has seen a bitter row breaking out — with the labour leader sir keir starmer accusing rishi sunak of "lying" about labour's tax plans during last night's tv debate. mr sunak said that labour's policies would result in a £2,000 tax rise for every working family — a figure he said had been worked out by impartial civil servants. but a top treasury official has said that it is not the case. in a moment, we'll look at how the conservatives arrived at that figure — but first here's our political editor chris mason. on last night's tv debate, rishi sunak said this... higher taxes, £2,000 worth of higher
and first of two days of commemerations in europe to mark the 80 years anniversary of the normandy landings. good evening, a day is a long time in politics. this morning the front pages brough some brief respite to the conservatives. snap polls suggesting that it was rishi sunak who had come out on top in the first leadership debate of the campaign. the prime minister had referred several times in that debate to a so called independent assessment of labour's spending plans, which the tories suggest will mean every working family paying £2000 more in taxes. the prime minister said that was a figure that had been signed off by civil servants at the treasury. the only problem is it hadn't. the bbc has obtained a letter from the most senior civil servant in the treasury, the permanent secretary, james bowler who wrote to labour making clear the civil service had not been as involved as the conservativesclaimed.
treasury officials", labour's policies would result in a £2,000 tax rise for every working family. the conservatives say they stand by their figures. it has been confirmed — as expected — that narendra modi will becomes india's prime minister for a third time. the 73—year—old found himself unexpectedly reliant on a number of smaller parties to reach a parliamentary majority, after his own party fell short of the 272 needed to form the next government. it may mean that in power he will need to be more concialatory than he has previously. a boeing spacecraft carrying two nasa astronauts is on its maiden voyage after a successful launch from cape caneveral this morning. this is starliners first crewed mission after years of costly setbacks. the astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams, will spend one day in orbit before docking with the international space station. the first of two days of events have been taking place to mark the 80th anniversary of the normandy landings.
£2,000 figure is misleading. let's have a look at how the conservatives reached their number, how they reached their calculations. it was this, £38.5 billion black hole is what they claim, and they have basically divided that by the number of working families in the country and come up with this figure, £2094. now, that is over a four—year period, so about £500 a year. the prime minister said last night that this was the work of independent treasury officials. it is true to say that treasury did most of the sums, but political advisors who work for the chancellor were the ones who set the terms of the calculations by making assumptions about labour's policies. now over here, we can show you, this is the policy list the conservative party produced and how much it would allegedly cost. but not all of it has been