does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more information has come forward and that is why i have asked the independent adviser to look into the matter. for the first time, amazon workers in the uk walk out on strike they say they re treated worse than robots. and talking to the animals a study of chimpanzees suggests human beings can understand the gestures they make. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. no problems for novak, as russia s rublev is ruthlessly swept aside in straight sets. djokovic into the semifinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after weeks of hesitation, germany has finally confimed it will send some of its leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine. ukrainian commanders are hoping they could help turn the tide of the war with russia. germany will also allow nato allies like
and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi. does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more i information has come forward. and that is why i have asked the independent adviser- to look into the matter. we will take you to washington and listen to presidentjoe biden talking about ukraine. listen to president joe biden talkin: about ukraine. , . , . talking about ukraine. democrats and reublicans talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have - talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have stood . republicans in congress have stood together. the us has worked in lockstep with our allies and partners around the world to make sure the ukrainian people are in the strongest possible po
For Public Services or pensions. So that was the chancellor on National Insurance and interestingly when asked about another tax increase we have seen, the freezing of thresholds, its quite complicated but as peoples salaries go complicated but as peoples salaries 9 up, complicated but as peoples salaries go up, and you pay certain levels of tax and it is frozen, when salaries go tax and it is frozen, when salaries 9 up tax and it is frozen, when salaries go up people are paying more tax and that looks to what has been leading to fiscal drag. He did not commit the chancellor to unfreezing those thresholds any earlier than 2028 which is the current projected plan. That will lead some to suggest that the tax cutting is a bit selective when it comes to the conservative but the key thing the chancellor was trying to do was set eight a Dividing Line for the election and he produced this document claiming labour would have to increase tax because of a spending commitment. Weve been through i
You can see, they are the really the backdrop of the stage, sitting listening two of these speeches. Chris makes the point is you can see that most of them are in conventional political gear. They have their smart clothes on, their suits and ties. Except that is for sir keir starmer, who has lost his tie and jacket and he has rolled up his sleeves nearly to his elbows. Chris our Political Editor says it is not hot in there. He says this is a deliberate look from sir keir focused he says on getting stuff done. We know there will be no new policies, it will be sir keir setting out six pledges as his pitch before what we know will be a general election probably this year. He is promising to deliver economic stability, that nhs waiting times, create a new Border Security, and, set up a publicly owned firm called Great British energy, crackdown on anti social behaviour, and also recruit 6500 new teachers. As you can see there are a large number of people in there, watching these speeches. T