Ruling out that he had doubts on the Rwanda plan as Chancellor, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said it was his job to ensure value for money on every proposal while he was in the Treasury.
value for money for taxpayers, to ask questions whenever anybody wants to spend taxpayers money. i would expect the same thing of the chancellor now. across london, in another tv studio, the labour leader, keen to put pressure on the prime minister over when an election might be called. mr sunak has tried to quash speculation suggesting it might be autumn. sir keir starmer says the sooner the better. it is very hard to see how him continuing in government improves the lives of anybody in the country, so there is this drift. i can t help feeling that all he really wants to do is to get two years clocked up of his own premiership and that means he is putting vanity before country. mps will be back in westminster tomorrow. some conservatives are already gearing up to challenge mr sunak over his rwanda plan. just the start of what is certain to be a testing political calendar for the prime minister. damian grammaticas, bbc news.
the plan is working, we re starting to deliver the long term change the country needs that i want to deliver for gary and the job is to stick to the plan so we can give him and everyone else peace of mind that future is going to be better for their children and we can have a renewed sense of pride in the country. on the point of taxation, we must be clear with people, for those who have the least and the most, they are not seeing a reduction in tax bills at the moment, the tax burden overall is at a record high. you have done your cut to national insurance but not as simple as you have just suggested. if i can answer that, you have said very important thing. for those on the lowest incomes, we raised the national insurance threshold, personal allowance, so you can now get £1000 a month without paying any tax or national insurance, we did that, disproportionately obviously benefits the lowest paid. national living wage went up by record amounts last year and this year. tax cuts, an ave
rishi sunak insists he has faith in his government s rwanda plan, despite leaked papers suggesting he had doubts. this hasn t been tried before in our country. i mean, it s fair to say it is novel. i ve been very clear that this is a novel scheme. of course it s novel. but actually we should have more confidence today that it will work precisely because we ve got a returns agreement with albania that is working incredibly well. polls close in bangladesh s election. early indications suggest a low turnout of voters, and the current prime minister is expected to win a fourth consecutive term. the us transport safety board says no passengers were seated next to where part of a plane fell off mid flight. and hollywood rolls out the red carpet for one of its biggest nights the golden globe awards.