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festival in new york. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said there will be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. however, the prime minister has given her clearest signal yet that her party will abandon its promise not to raise income tax or national insurance contributions. labour has also promised not to raise vat. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. in the swing of an election campaign, there is, for some, an unmentionable word. so far, theresa may has skirted around the issue of whether her government would increase taxes but this morning she gave her strongest indication yet not to raise national insurance, income tax or vat. we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear i don t want to make specific proposals on taxes unless i am absolutely sure i can deliver on those. it would be my intentions of a conservative government and a conservative prime minister, to reduce the taxe ....
to a 3 0 victory at everton. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said there will be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. however the prime minister has given her clearest signal yet that her party will abandon its promise not to raise income tax or national insurance contributions. labour has also promised not to raise vat, with leaderjeremy corbyn saying any other tax rises will fall on what he calls the top end and not on low and middle earners. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. in the swing of an election campaign, there is, for some, an unmentionable word. so far, theresa may has skirted around the issue of whether her government would increase taxes, but this morning she gave the strongest indication yet that she will drop a previous tory commitment not to raise national insurance, income tax or vat. we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear i don t want to make specifi ....
pressure on them also. so far, perhaps nothing has happened and perhaps it has. chelsea stay well in front at the top of the premier league. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said there will be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. however the prime minister has given her clearest signal yet that her party will abandon its promise not to raise income tax or national insurance contributions. labour has also promised not to raise vat, with leaderjeremy corbyn saying any other tax rises will fall on what he calls the top end and not on low and middle earners. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. in the swing of an election campaign, there is, for some, an unmentionable word. of whether her government would increase taxes, but this morning she gave the strongest indication yet that she will drop a previous tory commitment not to raise national insurance, income tax or vat. we have no plans to increase the level ....
i will just leave it this way. all right. i don t consider myself a journalist. nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even know i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? general, thank you very much for coming. general petraeus: pleasure, thanks, great to be with you. you served our country for quite david a while. : now you are in something you might consider a higher calling of mankind, private equity. [laughter] how do you compare being in the military to being in private equity. general petraeus: i am not sure i would root greek i would agree wholeheartedly with that although i feel privileged to to be in the private equity business and also in academia. i think it is pretty hard to top the extraordinary privileges serving one s country in uniform, particularly if you are leading our soldiers, marines come in combat. david: yo ....
your money, your life, your future. now becky quick. next week is small business week. it is a big deal for the economy. the small business association says two out of every three jobs are created by entrepreneurs, but just who is starting these new start ups? kate rogers has this week s cover story. reporter: brian kravitz has seen his career come full circle. he began fixing typewriters in the 1970s and continued until computers came on the scene. but much to his delight and surprise, typewriters are back in vogue and he is in business for himself at age 67. i just feel really good. i get up every day. i don t want to sit around. what can i do? go to the golf course? no, not me. i want to do things. reporter: he launched his business, philly typewriter in 2015, fixing and selling machines that date back to the 1920s. kravitz worked for years in marketing and direct mail and said his experience in the workforce has helped him with his latest venture. i m much ....