hello, i m lauren taylor. we start here in the uk and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that
southampton lead 1 nil to leeds united in the championship play off final at wembley. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we start here in the uk and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. the home secretary james cleverly says the conservatives plan to bring back a form of compulsory national service if it wins, is about pushing young people out of their comfort zone . the party says it would cost two and half billion pounds a year and would see eighteen year olds join the military for a year or serve the community for a weekend a month for the same period. our political correspondent helen catt has more the return of national service is certainly an eye catching policy but it wouldn t be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963. instead all 18 year olds would have to choose between a year of military service or volunteer work in public services. it s about addressing the fragmentation we have seen in socie
around the houses and the shop was full. so far, they are saying that four were killed and a couple of dozen wounded and so, i think for people here, it s just another blow. the firefighters who went into the building have been incredibly busy this week because there s been other attacks, in fact there was another one on the central part of the city not long after the shop. president zelensky has said repeatedly that all of this proves the point that he keeps on making which is they need more effective air defences and for those, he is looking to his allies in europe and particularly, in the united states. president zelensky has also called this madness, the scene you described, exemplifies a typical weekend. civilian existence, a diy store is civilian infrastructure and that should be protection under international humanitarian law, have we heard anything from russia? not that i m aware of. russia has said over the last weeks and months, ukrainians hit their side as well and
the conservatives have promised to bring back a form of national service if they win the general election. the party said 18 year olds would have a choice of either joining the military full time for 12 months or volunteering one weekend every month carrying out a community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the nhs. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. an eye catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one that s grabbed the headlines in this morning s papers. yeah, many more of these over the next few weeks! enjoy your weekend. bye bye. they say if they win the general election, by the end of the next parliament they would bring back a form of mandatory national service for every 18 year old. that would involve either applying for one of 30,000 full time one year placements in the armed forces or cyber defence, or young people would have to volunteer in their communities for one weekend a month in organisations s