gaza. closing organs begin and donald trump ultimate cost money trial. we will be live from new york. best closing arguments begin in donald trump s hush money trial. hello, i m martine croxall. the economy has taken centre stage on the campaign trail today. the prime minister says he will protect pensioners from a tax hike if the conseravtives win the next election. rishi sunak launched what s being called the triple lock plus plan which will increase pensioners personal allowance to prevent more people paying income tax. labour says the plan is not credible. meanwhile, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, has said that labour is the natural party for british business and unveiled a list of 121 businesses who are supporting them at this election. faisal islam reports. the prime minister was inspecting china in the potteries today, but there are no delicate ming vases in his campaign. the conservatives strategy appears to be move fast and break things, with bold polici
and our political correspondent jack fenwick. another busy day of campaigning, what stood out for you today? there s quite a bit to choose from. it certainly has been another busy day. once again, a theme we ve seen so far in this election is that the economy is really front and centre. we ve heard in the last few minutes how labour have had this letter signed by various business leaders saying they think labour is the way to go in the selection, we ve heard rachel reeves has been out talking about the economy as well. this is all part of labour trying to say they are a changed party since 2019 when jeremy corbyn they are a changed party since 2019 whenjeremy corbyn led the party into that particular election. keir starmer and rachel reeves, and the rest of the labour party think that voters want to be reassured that they will be a safe pair of hands, if you like, if they are in charge of the economy. but there s also a note of caution darrenjones covid labour s shadow chie
it is 7pm, good evening. i am nicky schiller. we are going to start of course with the general election campaign. the labour leader has pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as waffle , saying it contained not a single plan for the future . we ll have more about the prime minister shortly, but first here s our political editor chris mason on keir starmer s speech. a man waiting waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you ve ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. applause this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background. if you re working class, you r
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