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
Im Christian Fraser in london. Katty kay is off today. 30 minutes. That is how long it would take for an inter continental Ballistic Missile to reach la from north korea. There is no consensus on how far pyongyang has advanced in developing such a weapon. 0r whether they have the capability to arm it with a Nuclear Warhead. But some experts suggests the type of missile they have just tested might already be able to reach alaska, and with further refinement could put the major cities in the United States within reach. That, says donald trump, will never happen. But how will they stop kim jung un, a man who is seemingly immune to any form of deterrent. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. This is the moment that north korea says it became a major power. The launch of a missile that it claims can reach across continents and deliver Nuclear Weapons as far away as the United States. The news was announced on State Television with barely constrained joy. We have become a Nucle
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