but we need is a cure for this addiction. in the cure is an employer immigration tax. that is the cure to this addiction. smart immigration highly qualified, highly skilled, can be a great thing. but there is a price to it, there is a cost to it and that she does at the moment, there is no cost to big business for employing cheap low skilled overseas labor. the main topic on the campaign trail today has been tax with the conservatives and labour reassuring voters that they wouldn t raise vat if they win the general election. value added tax currently stands at 20% for most items. the liberal democrats also said they would not look to raise vat or income tax. but as our economics editor, faisal islam, reports similar pledges at the last election didn t stop the tax burden rising to its highest level since the second world war. the town hall meetings, the scoops of ice cream and the campaign water features continue for party leaders. but today s main stunt surrounded the cl
labour s deputy leader angela rayner says. pressure is building too from the prime minister s own tory backbenchers. conservative mp andrew bridgen, who backed borisjohnson for leader, has become the latest tory mp to publicly say he submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister, calling his position untenable. he s the leader of our country and part of the key elements of leadership is that you don t ask people you re asking to follow you to make sacrifices and suffe that you re not willing to bear yourself. and clearly, that has not been the case. that then leaves the prime minister morally incapable of having the authority to lead the country. cabinet ministers, meanwhile, have been urging people to wait
chinese state, in order to convert we interfere in uk politics through establishing links with established and aspiring parliamentarians. fiur and aspiring parliamentarians. oi intelligence and and aspiring parliamentarians. ij intelligence and security agencies have been working together to really spot and identify this type of activity, activity that could potentially do harm to our country and harm to our democracy. there was no sin of and harm to our democracy. there was no sign of christine and harm to our democracy. there was no sign of christine lee and harm to our democracy. there was no sign of christine lee at and harm to our democracy. there was no sign of christine lee at her- no sign of christine lee at her london office yesterday, but last night, a spokesperson for the chinese embassy in london issued a statement. it said. labourmp labour mp barry gardner received more than £500,000 from christine