hurricane fiona slams into canada s eastern coast with heavy rains and huge waves, washing away homes and cutting power to tens of thousands of people. a man has died after a fire in a block of flats in bristol. eight others are currently being treated in hospital while authorities try to find alternative accomadation for residents. a uk ticket holder has come forward to claim friday s £171 million euromillions jackpot the third biggest win in the game s history. hello and welcome to the programme. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the tories have announced they re cutting, but keep the 1p cut in basic rate tax also proposed by the conservatives. as the labour party conference got under way, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here
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pushing underjeremy corbyn. they have been pushing this underjeremy corbyn. they have been pushing this moment called labour for labour, pushing this moment called labour for labour, so the labour party for the labour for labour, so the labour party for the labour unions, and it is all about the labour unions, and it is all about supporting striking workers. early about supporting striking workers. early in about supporting striking workers. early in the year we had sir keir starmer early in the year we had sir keir starmer basically tell his whole front starmer basically tell his whole front bench, don t go on picket lines. front bench, don t go on picket lines. and front bench, don t go on picket lines, and this ban was very controversial. there were shadow ministers controversial. there were shadow ministers defying that ban. so all of these ministers defying that ban. so all of these things are coming up again, and that of these things are coming up again, an
to see it come through when on the priorities to see it come through when on the priorities ballot, electoral reform is really priorities ballot, electoral reform is really a priorities ballot, electoral reform is really a big one, for two years in a row is really a big one, for two years in a row now, electoral for switching in a row now, electoral for switching from first past the post to proportional representation for our general elections. that push has really our general elections. that push has really been our general elections. that push has really been hugely popular in terms of local really been hugely popular in terms of local parties are sending that motion of local parties are sending that motion to of local parties are sending that motion to conference. this is the priority motion to conference. this is the priority of motion to conference. this is the priority of labour members, and i think priority of labour members, and i think the priority of labour
of this tory government, but we need to recognise who grows this economy. developing green energy is key to labour s long term strategy, but what about the government s plan for tax cuts now? sir keir said scrapping the 45p top rate of income tax was wrong. it is hugely risky, it s hugely divisive and i would reverse it. and would you support the government cutting the basic rate of income tax from from 20p down to 19p? yes, i ve long made the argument that we should reduce the tax burden on working people. but not everyone here agrees with all of that and, this morning, labour s mayor for greater manchester, andy burnham, said the basic rate of income tax should be kept where it is. tax is now a major battleground in politics, and this morning the conservative chancellor suggested he wasn t done yet. there s more to come. we ve only been here 19 days. i want to see, over the next year, people retain more of their income, because i believe that it s the british people that