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good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says there ll be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. but the prime minister did signal that she would scrap a pledge, not to raise income tax or national insurance. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has also promised not to raise vat. he said labour would protect middle income earners and end what he called tax giveaways to the rich . our political correspondent ben wright reports. so, this will be a law. this is a guarantee, because i know what needs to be done. it was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before the 2015 general election. david cameron said that three key taxes, vat, income tax and national insurance, would not go up for a five year parliament, so will theresa may repeat that pledge in her manifesto? we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear that i don t want to make specific proposals on taxes unless i am sure that i can deliver on tho ....
theresa may says there ll be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election, with labour saying it wouldn t increase the tax either. but the prime minister did signal she may scrap a pledge made by david cameron not to raise income tax or national insurance. mrs may has also made it clear she expects hard talks with the european union over brexit. it follows comments from the german chancellor angela merkel that britain must not delude itself about the outcome of the negotiations. here s our political correspondent ben wright. working people in this country have paid enough tax. as this economy recovers, i want you to be able to keep more of your own money to spend as you choose. it was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before the 2015 general election. david cameron said three key taxes, vat, income tax and national insurance, would not go up for a five year parliament. so will theresa may repeat that pledge in her manifesto? we have absolutely ....
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