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and at 11:30 we ll bring you dateline london, where foreign correspondents currently posted to london look at events in the uk through outsiders eyes. good morning and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says the conservative party has no current plans to raise tax and has ruled out a specific rise in vat. she has also said that pensions would continue to rise but wouldn t commit to retaining the triple lock. and speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, mrs may also re stated her earlier assertion that no deal is better than a bad deal in brexit talks with the european union. meanwhile labour is campaigning on workplace conditions today. jeremy corbyn‘s party says they ll end zero hours contracts and raise the minimum wage. the liberal democrat leader tim farron told andrew marr that mrs may had called the election out of cold political calculation and said he wants voters to make him the real leader of the opposition. with me is our political correspondent jonathan blake ....
and at 12:30, click investigates a company claiming to offer ‘absolute security‘ and discovers all is not what it seems. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says the conservative party has no current plans to raise tax and has ruled out a specific rise in vat. she has also said that pensions would continue to rise but wouldn t commit to retaining the triple lock. and speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, mrs may also restated her earlier assertion that no deal is better than a bad deal in brexit talks with the european union. meanwhile, labour are campaigning on workplace conditions today. jeremy corbyn‘s party says they ll end zero hours contracts and raise the minimum wage. the liberal democrat leader tim farron told andrew marr that mrs may had called the election out of cold political calculation and said he wants voters to make him the real leader of the opposition. with me is our political correspondent jonathan blake. we can start with ther ....
make specific proposals on taxes u nless make specific proposals on taxes unless i am absolutely sure i can deliver on those. it would be my intentions of a conservative government and a conservative prime minister, to reduce the taxes on working families. later, she went further in clarifying her plans. we won t be increasing vat, but what i wa nt to won t be increasing vat, but what i want to ensure is we are able to have the strong. you definitely won t raise vat, that is a 100% commitment? where will extra money come from to pay for schools, hospitals and social care? the prime minister hinted the long term plan for that would be in her manifesto. labour says it would make those at the top pay more. we would end the tax giveaways to the rich. we would demonstrate how we would fund those. let me give this assurance, there will be no increases in income tax for middle and low earners. labour is guaranteeing the state pension will continue to rise by 2.5% a year. there ....
welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said there will be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. however, the prime minister has given her clearest signal yet that her party will abandon its promise not to raise income tax or national insurance contributions. labour has also promised not to raise vat. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said he would end what he called giveaways to the rich , while labour would protect low and middle earners. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. in the swing of an election campaign, there is, for some, an unmentionable word. so far, theresa may has skirted around the issue of whether her government would increase taxes but this morning she gave her strongest indication yet not to raise national insurance, income tax or vat. we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear i don t want to make specific proposals on taxes unless i am absolutely sure i can deliver on those. i ....
festival in new york. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said there will be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. however, the prime minister has given her clearest signal yet that her party will abandon its promise not to raise income tax or national insurance contributions. labour has also promised not to raise vat. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. in the swing of an election campaign, there is, for some, an unmentionable word. so far, theresa may has skirted around the issue of whether her government would increase taxes but this morning she gave her strongest indication yet not to raise national insurance, income tax or vat. we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear i don t want to make specific proposals on taxes unless i am absolutely sure i can deliver on those. it would be my intentions of a conservative government and a conservative prime minister, to reduce the taxe ....