in sport.swansea s premier league future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. and louise has the weather. good morning. it s another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. more details from me later on. good morning. first, our main story. with just over a month to go until the general election, the political parties are making key pledges today. labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. the conservatives are planning to reform mental health services, while the liberal democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur political correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. ellie, the parties are making big promises today? absolutely. labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that it s on the front pages today. they ve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of vat,
are yasmin alibhai brown and david wooding from the sun on sunday. good morning and welcome to bbc news. parties campaigning in the general election have made a series of policy announcements this morning. labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less that eighty thousand pounds a year, the conservatives say they ll labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less than eighty thousand pounds a year, the conservatives say they ll replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, and the liberal democrats commit to maintaining the so called triple lock on pensions, meaning they would rise by as much as wages, inflation or 2.5% whichever is highest. to get more on this, i m joined by our political correspondent ellie price. let s start with the labour party, pledges all over the place. absolutely. there will be placed after the last couple of days, that after the last couple of days, that a number of the front pages today are focusing on
also in the next hour. more billionaires are based in the uk than ever before. brothers sri and gopi hinduja top the annual sunday times rich list only one person in the top ten was born in britain. good morning and welcome to bbc news. parties campaigning in the general election have made a series of policy announcements this morning. labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less than £80,000 a year, the conservatives say they ll replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, and the liberal democrats commit to maintaining the so called triple lock on pensions. to get more on this, i m joined by our political correspondent ellie price. for the labour party this morning, it s all about tax and who is going to pay more or not pay more. yes, this is a pitch to low and middle income earners and one that has ca ptu red income earners and one that has captured headlines in the papers. those are the policies capturing the imagination, if you like.
it may be a cliche but it sums up the story beautifully, west is best today. as you can see by this picture from preston earlier on. the best of the sunshine in sheltered western areas, we still got that nuisance wind coming in off the north sea driving in more cloud and preventing temperatures from climbing too high. in sheltered western areas we will see decent spells of sunshine. warm further south, if we were to 21 degrees today in northern ireland that will be your warmest day of the year so far. clear skies by day will allow those temperatures to fall away quite sharply in western areas, too much cloud up to the east. in rural spots we could see a touch of light frost first thing, anywhere from north wales, north and west. gardeners and growers take note. the driving continues for the early half of the week with some decent sunny spells and feeling pleasant in the sun. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. labour promise not to raise income tax for those earning less