To make sure thatjustice could always be done in this country, Rishi Sunak called an election, putting interest of the party ahead of public safety, and there is a good reason i considered him and those him the guilty man. Considered him and those him the guilty man the guilty man. Applause fazed by the guilty man. Applause fazed by the the guilty man. Applause fazed by the imminent the guilty man. Applause fazed by the imminent collapse of our justice system, fazed by the imminent collapse of Ourjustice System, i had no choice and in the opening days of this government i was forced to take immediate action to address the crisis in our prisons. We were forced to release some offenders a few weeks or release some offenders a few wee. ,. , ,. , release some offenders a few wee. ,. ,. , weeks or months before, but this is no weeks or months before, but this is no get weeks or months before, but this is no get out weeks or months before, but this is no get out of weeks or months before, bu
Played a role in ending it. Everyone of you who took to the streets or the doorsteps of your communities to remove the burden of tory rule from our shoulders. But even more importantly, i would like to thank everyone of you who held the social fabric of this country together through iii years where it came under relentless attack. The cleaners, the carrots, nurses, physios, shop workers, drivers, builders, cooks, farmers, retailers, warehouse workers, technicians, teachers and teaching assistants. I could go on. The Working People who got us through the pandemic, and so much more. The backbone of this country. The chance we now have, the opportunity to rebuild britain, that hope is here because of those efforts. So, Thank You all for everything you do and have done for our country. But now the job of rebuilding begins. I have to level with you. As i did on the streets in Downing Streetjust over you. As i did on the streets in Downing Street just over two months ago. This will take a wh
at a single university to one of the biggest internet platforms in the world today. hello, it s laura in the studio. paddy in the studio. and it s chris in belfast. i just think it s absolutely fabulous to see you on this in a way, you two created the newscast. there were others involved. there were katya and adam are dearfriends, yes. does it all come back to you? because brexit was one of the big dividing lines in the whole of northern ireland. that s why you re there, chris. yeah, true. yeah, no, absolutely. and actually, the last couple of days covering this story here and then in london before it did take me back, in fact, at one point i was talking to katya on the television and it really took me back to the brexit days of trying to, particularly as far as the northern ireland element of the story is concerned, untangle which is what all of this has been about the complexities of northern ireland politics and the complexities of brexit. throw those two together
celebrating the best of the music industry are set to be dominated by female artists with multiple nominations for chart stars, taylor swift, 0livia rodrigo, miley cyrus, lana del rey and ice spice. now on bbc news, it s time for today s sunday episode of newscast with laura kuenssberg, paddy 0 connell and chris mason. hello, it s laura in the studio. paddy in the studio. and chris in belfast. it s fabulous to see you, you too created the newscast but others were involved. others were involved. does it all come back others were involved. does it all come back to others were involved. does it all come back to you others were involved. does it all come back to you because - others were involved. does it all| come back to you because brexit others were involved. does it all - come back to you because brexit was one of come back to you because brexit was one of the come back to you because brexit was one of the big dividing lines, that is why one of the big dividin
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