In sport. Swanseas premier League Future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. More details from me later on. Good morning. First, our main story. With just over a month to go until the general election, the Political Parties are making key pledges today. Labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. The conservatives are planning to reform Mental Health services, while the Liberal Democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur Political Correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. Ellie, the parties are making big promises today . Absolutely. Labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that its on the front pages today. Theyve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of vat, nor will be pu
In sport. Swanseas premier League Future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. More details from me later on. Good morning. First, our main story. With just over a month to go until the general election, the Political Parties are making key pledges today. Labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. The conservatives are planning to reform Mental Health services, while the Liberal Democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur Political Correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. Ellie, the parties are making big promises today . Absolutely. Labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that its on the front pages today. Theyve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of vat, nor will be pu
In sport. Swanseas premier League Future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. More details from me later on. Good morning. First, our main story. With just over a month to go until the general election, the Political Parties are making key pledges today. Labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. The conservatives are planning to reform Mental Health services, while the Liberal Democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur Political Correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. Ellie, the parties are making big promises today . Absolutely. Labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that its on the front pages today. Theyve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of vat, nor will be pu
It is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Nigerias stability and unity is threatened by internal tension, conflict and corruption, from the boko haram insurgency in the north to violent militancy in the south and separatist aspirations in the east. Amid all this turmoil, how effective in securing the country is the Nigerian Army . My guest is army chief Lieutenant General tukur yusuf buratai. Are his forces playing a constructive or destructive role, as nigeria tries to keep a lid on its problems . General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. A couple of years ago your president , new president , set you a Clear Mission to eradicate boko haram. He said it could be done within months. It would be fair to say, would it not, that you have failed in that mission . We have not failed. We have achieved that particular mandate, as at that time. We were appointed on the 10th of
It is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Nigerias stability and unity is threatened by internal tension, conflict and corruption, from the boko haram insurgency in the north to violent militancy in the south and separatist aspirations in the east. Amid all this turmoil, how effective in securing the country is the Nigerian Army . My guest is army chief Lieutenant General tukur yusuf buratai. Are his forces playing a constructive or destructive role, as nigeria tries to keep a lid on its problems . General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. A couple of years ago your president , new president , set you a Clear Mission to eradicate boko haram. He said it could be done within months. It would be fair to say, would it not, that you have failed in that mission . We have not failed. We have achieved that particular mandate, as at that time. We were appointed on the 10th of