possible. most of all, they need to be convinced to vote for it. because change doesn t happen unless you vote for it. applause. keir starmer speaking in london a few hours ago. keir starmer speaking in london a few hours ago. with me is our political correspondent alicia mccarthy. very much sir keir starmer on message but not taking anything for granted. h0. message but not taking anything for ranted. ., ., , , ., , granted. no, absolutely not. this was his chance granted. no, absolutely not. this was his chance to granted. no, absolutely not. this was his chance to address - granted. no, absolutely not. this was his chance to address the - was his chance to address the troops, boost morale and the last little push before we get into the last few days of this campaign. very much heading home again and again and again the messages we ve been hearing for the last few weeks. if you want change you have to vote for it. don t assume it s going to happen for them if we take ou
most of all, they need to be convinced. to vote for it because change doesn t happen unless you vote for it. labour s leader, sir keir starmer, has been rallying his party at an event in london this evening. there is a buzz within labour, confident but terrified of complacency, too far ahead in the opinion polls, but knowing it still needs to mobilize the party s voters. rishi sunak has been on the stump tonight too, at a temple in west london. the conservatives have spent the last few weeks defending the seats they currently hold, and warning voters not to risk a change of government. education, hard work, family. those are my values. those are your values. those are conservative values. still having more fun than any other leader on the campaign trail, the liberal democrats ed davey began his final tour of the country in scotland. we re here to win as many seats as we can, because if we have lots of liberal democrat mps in the next parliament, we will be able to get changes
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
on, whether it is the nhs, more gps, more nhs dentists, things that people really carabao, our approach to getting the economy back on track or our campaign on the environment. we are here in the beautiful lake district to campaign on the issue of sewage, it has been the liberal democrats who have been campaigning hard to clean up our rivers and beaches and likes and it is the liberal democrats leading on that. so i am focused on getting more liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. can liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether keir the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether keir starmer - the conservatives. can i get a yes i or no on whether keir starmer would make a good prime minister but which i am really focused on the labour campaign, ithink i am really focused on the labour campaign, i think peopl
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