six means biological six. now, labour like to talk the country down. they want to pretend that everything would be great if they have never left office and pretend that somehow we have not achieved anything, but that is just simply not right. remember the note that said there is no money left, when labour left office in 2010, unemployment was higher than when they came into government. public and private debt was accumulating, the banking system is broken, the deficit was ballooning, and even labour accepted that after years of spending, significant cuts in expenditure were required. they went into the 2010 election admitting they would have to make cuts. labour left britain on the brink of bankruptcy. and worse, the money that labour had put into public service had not been accompanied by sufficient reform. labour s welfare system was more about disguising how many people are out of work than actually getting people back into employment, and for all the money that labour had
and coming up on bbc news. keeley hodgkinson cruises into tomorrow night s 800m final in rome as she hopes to defend her european championship title. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. rishi sunak has promised to scrap the main rate of national insurance for the self employed over five years, end stamp duty payments for most first time buyers, and recruit thousands more police officers if the conservatives are re elected to power next month. the prime minister launched the party s manifesto this morning at silverstone home of the british grand prix hoping to pull voters minds back to policies after recent setbacks on the campaign trail. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. he needs this to be the moment his campaign motored ahead. rishi sunak knows that after a series of missteps, he now needs to get on the front foot. today, his chance to set out what five further years of conservative government would bring. but amid the promises of the future, a nod