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 specific prop
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 of tax
61 year old guy hedger was fatally wounded at his home in the village of st ives. let s go live there now to our correspondent duncan kennedy. what is the latest? well, his house is down this road behind me and it has been is seen if you delete activity all morning. we are not allowed near because forensic teams have been here, nearly two dozen police officers turned up as what is now a huge investigation. mr hedger was shot by injury does in the early hours of yesterday morning. police say, they do not know exactly what what happened, he was shot where he later died from his injuries. they are looking for anyone who might have been a witness or heard or seen anything, they are appealing for witnesses but they do not yet know exactly what has happened here. they are carrying out a police investigation at the house and there will be a press conference from dorset police raid on this afternoon. we know he was in the house with at least one other person believed to be his partne
also: the final week of campaigning is underway in the french presidential election, between marine le pen and emmanuel macron. police and protesters against far right candidate marine le pen have clashed in paris. a new picture of princess charlotte taken by her mother has been released ahead of her second birthday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street says it doesn t recognise an account published in a german newspaper of a supposedly fractious dinner between the prime minister and the european commission president, jean claude juncker, last week. the newspaper reported there were sharp disagreements about how quickly a deal could be reached over the rights of british and eu citizens and how much the uk owed the eu. number ten described it as a constructive meeting. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. no love lost between the prime minister and the european commission s presidentjean claude juncker last week. a chance to get togethe
documentary about children living in mumbai. that s india s millennials in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street says it doesn t recognise an account published in a german newspaper of a supposedly fractious dinner between the prime minister and the european commission president, jean claude juncker, last week. the newspaper reported there were sharp disagreements about how quickly a deal could be reached over the rights of british and eu citizens and how much the uk owed the eu. number ten described it as a constructive meeting. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. no love lost between the prime minister and the european commission s presidentjean claude juncker last week. a chance to get together in private before the 27 eu states agreed their brexit negotiating position. but behind the door, how did the meeting go? this influential german newspaper has published an account of the dinner from anonymous sources at