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to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax—free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners — but labour have called it "desperate". rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let's get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it's a question politicians ask th...

there's been more bad news for mr sunak. a tory donor has switched his support to reform uk. john hall, the former owner of newcastle united football club, said concern about the level of immigration had prompted his decision to back nigel farage. there is just a week to go before the general election, and all political parties are hitting the campaign trail in a final push to win over voters. last night, they clashed over their plans for tax, immigration and the welfare budget in the final leaders�* debate before polling day. our political correspondent harry farley reports. seven...

Privileges and standards committee, former minister or a serving minister of receiving money from the taxpayer to pay lawyers. johnson got 250,000 glad from the taxpayer and the prime minister allowed that to happen. and i say to the premise for this. they should say no now. we know thatjohnson is a liar. we know that he's been discredited. force him to pay up himself. an ordinary member of the public, if they are more than £12,570, don't get legal aid. very often, very difficult legal proceedings, but borisjohnson has had 6 million quid since he left this place, for writing a column undoubte...

Interest, — time to adjust to a higher rate of interest, and generally what i would recommend this for people to try and prioritise _ recommend this for people to try and prioritise paying off their unsecured debt and debt that is subject— unsecured debt and debt that is subject to variable interest rates ahead _ subject to variable interest rates ahead of— subject to variable interest rates ahead of all of the other potential debt that — ahead of all of the other potential debt that they have.— debt that they have. david in colchester _ debt that they have. david in colchester asks ...

But after a change announced in the chancellor's spring statement, from july, that will increase to £12,570. that means over the next year, anyone earning less than around £34,000 a year will pay less national insurance than they did last year. as you can see on this graph — people earning £20,000 a year will pay £178 less in 2022—23, whilst those on £50,000 will pay £197 more. we will try to take you through all of this. opposition parties, and some back bench mps, say the increase will add to the cost of living crisis and should be scrapped. our consumer affairs correspondent colle...