That lots of members of the public aren t really in the mood to believe anything that any politician says to them about tax promises. and you just wonder, actually, is this the kind of stuff that is really going to shift anybody s view? anyway, we digress. we could talk about this all night and we re ramping up the time. yeah, but then you get to the situation where people put something in their manifesto about tax that voters don t believe at the time. but then when the person breaks the promise in parliament, when they re in power a few months later they get criticised because they ve broken their promise on tax, which was a promise no one believed anyway. anyway, right. let s hearfrom mark in cumbria, who s got a very good political science question. hello, newscast and election cast jan markey from workington in cumbria. do you remember that ahead of the 2019 election, the phrase workington man was used to describe the stereotypical swing voter? should we be focused on a different seat this time? also, thanks to him for helping us ooze election news. ooh, i love that.
Lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the green party has launched its plans for the nhs, pledging an extra £30 billion a year for the health service in england by 2030. there d also be £20 billion for social care. they say the money would come from asking the very richest to pay more tax, and extending windfall taxes on oil and gas companies. we all value our nhs, and the green party is the only party being honest in this election about the level of funding that s going to be needed, and being honest that we re going to need to ask the richest in society, including the multimillionaires, the billionaires, to pay modestly more in tax in a way that could raise the funding that s needed to protect our nhs. and for more on today s election news, you can join kirsty a little later, on newsnight. live on newsnight tonight, what is the farage effect on the election and what are the big political party
So again, i guess ultimately cranking up what is a well, i guess more of a wealth tax than a than an income based tax. and there are arguments when inevitably the question comes, blimey, that s quite a that s one heck of a thing, is that they make the argument that that would bring england in line with comparable european countries in terms of their in terms of their health funding. and they make the argument that other political parties, in their view, are not willing to do enough to address what they see as a crisis in the nhs. do you know what s interesting to me about all of this? and we had adrian ramsey, one of the co leaders on the programme on sunday, is that the greens are really the only party who look at the economy in a completely different way to everybody else. and i think it s one of their appeals to a certain type of voter. you know, they essentially think that we have enough resources, there is enough to go round in society. we should not, as all the other political parties want to do, be pursuing the growth
Do the right thing. and anyone who is aware of the level of suffering and destruction in gaza wants an immediate cease-fire. you need massive amounts of humanitarian aid to save thousands and thousands of children. and netanyahu undermines the president of the united states. and let s be clear. this is not some abstract war being fought in another part of the world. as americans our tax dollars are funding this war so when netanyahu was saying, oh thanks for the $10 billion for military aid, but we are not going to listen to you. i think it s outrageous and that s reason for 65 what he should not be invited to speak to the joint session of congress. good evening, alex.
Laughter they are down, right? and both offered direct answers to this question. if you had loved ones on a long waiting list for surgery, - would you, if you felt that - that was the only way forward, use private health care? rishi sunak? yes - keir starmer? n0~ what about how much tax you might have to pay so, how will either of them pay for things? we will raise specific taxes, and we ve been really clear what they are. we ve already dealt with the tax break on private schools. we want to end the non dom status completely. i think that the super rich should be paying their tax. rishi sunak. yes, well, we have already scrapped the non dom regime. next, it was stephen from warrington. politicians have broken so many promises on immigration. - why should i trust either of you? - and we will need bold action to bring it down, whether that s legal migration, where we re going to introduce a new legal cap to guarantee that it will come down every year, or the boats, which you mentioned.
Sunak landed big blows according to the daily mail. post debate polling by yougov suggested the prime minister had won a narrow victory, coming out on top by 51% to 49%. the daily telegraph also focuses on starmer s stance on tax, describing him as on the ropes . the times takes a similar lines, saying sunak came out fighting. so what was in there for business, what was in that debate for the economy? are we talking to the confederation of british industry s top economists, the cbi, live in this programme live in 20 minutes. but now on to other news. the king and queen willjoin second world war veterans at an event in portsmouth this morning to mark the 80th anniversary of the d day landings. the ceremony will be narrated by dame helen mirren, and feature a fly past
Reaction? listen, immigration is one of the most complicated things that we can talk about. and it s probably one of the reasons that people don t talk about it unless you are going to be someone like trump who s gonna be disingenuous the reality is that the numbers were abysmal under trump. and if i could really turn the page back and remind people that trump was putting children in cages and for everybody this concerned about our money and where money goes. i do want people to understand that we got sued for separating families and we ve been paying out your tax dollars because of his failed leadership also wants remind people that trump thought that he could do everything with the pen he he really does believe in being a king of the united states, but we don t have that in the united states. and his pin was consistently getting him in trouble. he was getting shut down. but right now because they continued to push so much misinformation and disinformation and people are frustrated. i do feel like the
Debate, some of which stacked up more than others. the bbc s team of fact checkers spent the night analysing them to put it all in a bit more context. first up, tax. here s a reminder of what was said. keir starmer would put all that progress at risk. he would put up everyone s taxes by £2,000. £2,000 in higher taxes for every working family in our country. he s the british expert on tax rises they re at the highest level for 70 years. let s start with that claim taxes would go up by £2,000 for every working family under labour. that is based on a dossier from the conservative party, which claims there s a £38 billion black hole in labour s spending plans over four years. but this is important some of the assumptions behind the calculations are from politically appointed special advisers in the treasury. some of them are questionable. it assumes, for example, that it s always a lot less
Efficient for the public sector to do things than the private sector. so, with this figure, a dollop of caution. we will know more about labour s tax and spend plans when they publish their manifesto but last night, after the debate, they emphasised they weren t going to put up income tax, national insurance, or vat. next, let s look at sir keir starmer s claim on the overall tax level. it is right to say that taxes have gone up. this is the tax take since the last general election, compared to the size of the economy. you can see it s gone up quite a lot in part because income tax thresholds have been frozen, which means as you earn more money in line with inflation, you pay more tax. rishi sunak has cut national insurance recently but, as you can see from this graph here, overall, taxes are up. just to give you a flavour of what that means for people on different incomes you are worse off if you re earning £15,000. if you re earning 35 55,000, you are better off.
You might have to pay after the election? please raise your. hand if i am wrong. you, as prime minister, i will not raise income tax. you will not raise - national insurance in the next parliament. and, other than labour on private schools, - you will not raise vat. thank you for that . instructive moment. so, how will either of them pay for things? we will raise specific taxes, and we ve been really clear what they are. we ve already dealt with the tax break on private schools. we want to end the non dom status completely. i think that the super rich should be paying their tax. rishi sunak. yes, well, we have already scrapped the non dom regime. and then promises, finger wagging, interruptions on pensions. please let mr sunak finish. ..the triple lock plus, so that we raise the personal allowance for pensioners and ensure that the state pension is