real increase in fdi on your perspective? it real increase in fdi on your perspective? real increase in fdi on your perspective? it is a continuing stru: ale perspective? it is a continuing struggle for perspective? it is a continuing struggle for the perspective? it is a continuing struggle for the uk perspective? it is a continuing struggle for the uk to - perspective? it is a continuing struggle for the uk to attract l struggle for the uk to attract investment, particularly a new productive greenfield investment. numbers have been roughly holding up to a degree. but it is largely in existing infrastructure or upgrades to that. there has not been a lot of new projects particularly in manufacturing. a little bit more in services. it is a struggle but the uk is still recently attractive investment destination. to recently attractive investment destination. destination. to what extent is the concern destination. to what extent is the concern about destination. to w
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 themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
on, whether it is the nhs, more gps, more nhs dentists, things that people really carabao, our approach to getting the economy back on track or our campaign on the environment. we are here in the beautiful lake district to campaign on the issue of sewage, it has been the liberal democrats who have been campaigning hard to clean up our rivers and beaches and likes and it is the liberal democrats leading on that. so i am focused on getting more liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. can liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether keir the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether keir starmer - the conservatives. can i get a yes i or no on whether keir starmer would make a good prime minister but which i am really focused on the labour campaign, ithink i am really focused on the labour campaign, i think peopl
Themselves on tariffs that are above that that they should be paying. A british man is jailed by a court in turkey. Hes found guilty of being a member of so called Islamic State. A young girl has died in an accident on a ride at a theme park in staffordshire. And, a visit to venice to see the work of a british artist who waited decades for global recognition. Coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News would juventus complete the job against monaco after they took a 2 0 lead into the second leg of their Champions League semifinal in turin . Good evening. Jeremy corbyn has laid the foundations of labours Election Campaign with a relentless attack on greedy bankers, tax cheats, and employers who rip off their workers. At the partys formal Campaign Launch in trafford, mr corbyn presented labour as the anti establishment choice, but mr corbyn was also accused of throwing labours Brexit Policy Into Confusion by repeatedly refusing to confirm that britain would leave the European Union if labour won