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to meet the country s president after being freed by the islamist militant group, boko haram. also in the next hour. tom daley dives into married life. the british 0lympiam marries american film director dustin lance black in dartmoor national park in devon. and. click goes behind closed doors with the doctor as something goes bump in the night. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay a bit more to help pay for public services. the conservatives say they have no plan to raise taxes but have so far refused to rule it out completely. here s our political correspondent, ellie price. a policy pledge to capture the imagination of low and middle income voters and the newspaper headlines. labou ....
safety a nd recruitment of workers, strengthen safety and protection is at work and give all workers equal rights from day one in the job. cheering and applause and increase prosecutions of employers evading the minimum wage. applause and four areas where immigration has placed a strain on public services we will reinstate the migrant impact fund, scrapped by the tories and lib dems after the 2010 election. labour s team will also guarantee and expand the rights and protections that british workers have secured three eu legislation. we will bring forward specific rights and protections bill that will lock those protections into uk law. the conservatives simply cannot be trusted on rights at work. they fled an all out assault on workers‘ rights through their trade union act. borisjohnson rights through their trade union act. boris johnson has rights through their trade union act. borisjohnson has demanded that the government should scrap the eu social chapter, and the ....
to say two other things. first, and yes it s a repetition but i think it s a justified repetition, isn t it s a justified repetition, isn t it marvellous to see the right honourable and learned gentleman the memberfor honourable and learned gentleman the member for rushcliffe as father of the house and back here in rude health. secondly, in welcoming the presence of all colleagues today and congratulating all those in all parties who have been re elected, i hope experienced members will understand if i pay particular tribute to the, i believe, 87 members newly elected for the first time. whatever else you have done or will do in the course of your careers, there will be no greater honour than that which you have just attained as an elected member of parliament. i am sure each and eve ryo ne parliament. i am sure each and everyone of you will be very conscious of your responsibility to your constituents. rest assured, the speaker will look out for you and be very keen, s ....
with 37%. they enjoy support across the country in the cities and highlands alike. in north east fife the snp won byjust two votes. in a first past the post system a win is a win. here and across scotland. of course it s disappointing we ve lost a number of seats but still winning more parliamentary constituencies than all the other parties put together. essentially a westminster election is not a home game for the snp and we won the election nevertheless. it was inevitable the snp would lose votes but they fell further than anyone expected. it feels now as though the tide has turned against their plans for another independence referendum. spanish prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the portugal and real madrid foot. cristiano ronaldo, accusing him of tax fraud worth £13 million. he s denied any wrongdoing. as we heard earlier the prime minister has been attending a friendly football match in paris as pa rt friendly football match in paris as part of her visit to ....
to hold talks wit the main parties in northern ireland at downing street. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. she has done it us interest rates rise to their highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis but now what? overall we continue to expect that the economy will expand at a moderate pace over the next few yea rs. moderate pace over the next few years. and it is crunch time in the bidding warfor years. and it is crunch time in the bidding war for toshiba s chip years. and it is crunch time in the bidding warfor toshiba s chip unit but wary as japan, which has traditionally stood behind its troubled companies? hello, welcome to asia business report. despite lacklustre growth the american central bank has taken steps to cool the world s largest economy, forging ahead with the second interest rate rise this year, signalling another is on the cards in 2017. the fed reserve, led by the chair, janet yellen, had plans to shrink the bond h ....