forformer election for them? joining us today for former conservative cabinet minister, shadow business minister, liberal democrat and daily telegraph, columnist. this is politics live, election 202a. welcome to viewers on bbc two, bbc news and the iplayer. parliament has been dissolved which means politicians, are no longer mps but candidates. ordinary members of the public standing in their respectful constituents for their parties but they are welcome all the same. let s start for tax and spend and this headline on bbc news. labour rules out raising vat after was started by the chancellor, jeremy hunt writing today promising a conservative government you heard in the headlines, would not raise any headlines, would not raise any headline taxes. he claims that labour does have a plan to raise vat, this of course is a classic election strategy to try and expose hidden plans by your rivals during the campaign. but labour have quashed them and ruled out, as you also heard in th
and to wales. finally, let s look at the lib dem leader, ed davey. this is what he said about his party s manifesto. we put forward a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it s got a big health and social care package at the centre. it is true to say that the lib dems are promising a lot of extra cash for the health service but there are some questions from experts. have a look at this from the nuffield trust again. the funding proposal appears to be insufficient. that s for their social care plan. secondly, the ifs on the manifesto as a whole there are clear risks that their package of tax measures wouldn t raise the money that they claim, which would make it harder to pay for some of those commitments. so, hopefully that was some useful context about some of the claims made last night. as ever, there is plenty more on the bbc website. sir keir starmer has promised to put scotland at the heart of government and provide thousands ofjobs in sectors such as engineering,
daniel hagari has said that israeli forcies rescued hostages from hamas whilst under fire. this morning at 11am israeli special forces conducted a complex rescue mission and successfully rescued four of our hostages from hamas captivity in gaza. noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andri kozlov. they are back home in israel. they are alive, they are well. they will undergo medical examination and will soon be reunited with their families in the hospital. noa, almog, andri and shlomi were rescued after 246 days in hamas captivity after they were brutally kidnapped from the nova music festival on the 7th of october. this was a high risk, complex mission, based on precise intelligence, conducted in daylight, in two separate buildings deep inside gaza. while underfire, underfire inside the buildings, under fire on the way out from gaza, our forces rescued our hostages. israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. they underwent intensive training.