The conservatives will pledge not to raise the rate of income tax, National Insurance or vat when they publish their election manifesto this afternoon. Borisjohnson has also said he wants to bring his brexit deal back to the commons before christmas, if the conservatives are returned to power. Our Political Correspondent, nick eardley reports. What would he do with power . This afternoon, borisjohnson will unveil the conservative manifesto. His basic message deliver brexit and move onto domestic priorities. He will pledge that the bill that will deliver brexit will be brought back to parliament before christmas if he wins the election. That, he says, would allow the country to move on. So what will the conservatives do on the home front . They will pledge today not to raise rates of income tax, National Insurance, or vat. Thatll make it harder for the government to raise money, but the tories are still pledging to spend. Mrjohnson has already promised money for the health service, for
Clinicians and doctors, pension tax issue, if they do extra shifts, they get taxed for it. There is an offer to cover those costs, so that has been sorted, i am told, but with winter coming been sorted, i am told, but with wintercoming up, we been sorted, i am told, but with winter coming up, we will have to wait and see. And we will continue having those discussed is no doubt throughout the day here in norwich, but for now, back to you. Thank you very much indeed, and we will get the Weather Forecast for you now. Week where the number of flood warnings has gradually been reducing, however, that looks set to change over the next few days as a zone of heavy rain works in, bringing renewed risk of localised Flooding Issues. Now, through the re st of Flooding Issues. Now, through the rest of the afternoon, rain at times pretty much sums it up. Northern ireland seeing heavy rain, and then we have a zone of heavy rain as well extending into parts of england and wales. We have lost the cold
high pressure hose eastwards, the wind direction will tend to shift around a bit and at times they re of our coasts, where the wind is coming off the chilly sea, aberdeen, for example, just 13 degrees, feeling quite cool despite the sunshine, but with some shelter, going through the weekend, some of us are likely to see temperatures up to 22 23, it will stay mostly dry with some thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh farris. the headlines a season evening. and other england squad without raheem sterling, but it is one of the other players, ivan toney, that has gareth southgate concerned. i toney, that has gareth southgate concerned. ., ~ toney, that has gareth southgate concerned. ., ~ ., concerned.
at the age of 80, mr biden is already the oldest holder of the office in history. we will have more reaction to that announcement. and described as the king of calypso the legendary singer and campaigner harry belafonte has died aged 96. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with snooker and ronnie 0 sullivan made his 100th appearance at the crucible this morning as he continues his bid for a record eighth title he s playing belgian luca brecel in the quarterfinals. it was brecel who took the first frame but 0 sullivan responded in style, taking six of the next seven frames to lead at the end of the first session. 0n the other table, mark allen has fought back from 3 1 down againstjakjones to pull the scores level it s four frames each at the interval. so let s cross live to the crucible now. a battle between two four time champions. they ve met at the crucible five times before this is a repeat of the
moment but now we can head to the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. there s a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. javi gracia s side have lost their last three games and conceded 13 goals in the process sliding down the table and now sitting just a point above tonight s opponents. leicester picked up their first win under new manager dean smith at the weekend. he is hoping thatjamie vardy, harvey barnes and james maddison will be available. they have had a struggle so far, a bit like us, they have been on the back of a couple of heavy defeats at home. but i m sure they will see this game as a big one to try and pull away from the position they are in, like ourselves. all of the remaining games are important and you never know where you will be able to get points. but of course playing at home is the next game and we have to be focused on this game, knowing we are playing against leice