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
first guest tonight on the day that donald trump returned to the scene of the crime, as it were. we will see what speaker pelosi might have to say about that. yes, i am eager to hear her assessment, and what she felt when donald trump was on capitol hill. have a good show. thank you, alex, thank you. on january 6, 2021, after the trump mob attacked the capital, tim cook, the conscientious ceo of apple, reached into his conscience and presumably the conscience of the company he runs, and said this. today marks a sad and shameful chapter in our nation s history . those responsible for this insurrection should be held to account, and we must complete the transition to president- elect biden s administration. it is especially when they are challenged that our ideals matter most. those responsible for this insurrection should be held to account. today tom , tim cook met with the person responsible, donald trump in donald trump s first return to capitol hill since he incited t
i m eager to hear her assessment and what she felt when donald trump was on capitol hill. have a good show. thank you, alex. on january 6th, after the trump mob attacks the capital, tim cook, the conscientious ceo of apple reached into his conscience and presumably the conscience of the company he runs and said this, today marks a sad and shameful chapter in our nations history. those responsible for this interaction should be held to account and we must complete the transition to president- elect biden s administration. especially when they are challenged that our ideals matter most. those responsible for this interaction should be held to account. today, tim cook met with the person responsible, donald trump, and donald trump s first returned to capitol hill, since he inside of the attack on the capitol on january 6th, tim cook meeting with trump was arranged by a business lobbying group in washington that calls itself the business roundtable. companies pay big money
obviously when we reopen the economy and then the businesses reopen. obviously those jobs came back. even if donald duck had been elected president, those jobs would have happened. if you look at the real job record it is way below the numbers. steve, if the choices donald duck or biden i would go with donald duck. i like that. by the other way, just real quickly. when he says on the inflation front. let s not forget you know what the inflation rate was when trump left office? 1.5%. they are saying now the inflation rate is about 3.5%. you have a live audience. i bet nobody in the audience thinks inflation is only 3.5%. most people think it is three times that high. clay travis, when donald trump was president gas prices never reached $3 per gallon. not at any point.
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