Because labour dont have any plans to reduce taxation. It sort of makes my point for me, their plan is basically that tax should remain at its current levels. We say we dont have to levels. We say we dont have to accept the status quo. If you make difficult decisions, if you stick to our plan for the economy, thats seen inflation falling and growth starting to rise, we can bring down the tax burden. Burden. News in from kyiv tonight, where the uk has pledged a further £125 million of military support to ukraine in a major move against putins invasion. Our home and security editor mark white joined me earlier with more on what that announcement tonight will mean for ukraines war efforts. This extra package , announced this extra package, announced by grant shapps on a visit to ukraine is very significant. Hundreds of pounds and millions of pounds in extra commitment from the uk to provide 10,000 military drones. Now the vast majority will be first person view drones, fpv drones , which
Good evening. From the newsroom. Im sam francis, a quick look at the headlines. At just after 9 00, government ministers are challenging labour to set out its own funding plans after it backed the governments decision to cut National Insurance. The non dom tax status will be scrapped with the aim of raising revenue to make up for the £0. 02 cut, though figures suggest any benefits for the taxpayer are likely to be cancelled out by an expected rise in council tax. Earlier, jeremy hunt told gb news that his budget is proof that the government, he says, is making their fiscal plan work. We want to end the unfairness, the direction of travel weve gone is to reduce National Insurance by one third. The fact that labour are opposing this today is really because labour dont have any plans to reduce taxation. It sort of makes my point for me, their plan is basically that tax should remain at its current levels. We say we dont have to levels. We say we dont have to accept the status quo. If you
A strong child policy to take children out of public. But parties on the right and on the fundraising to be the different. I mean, to offer different policies than yours seem to be on. On the right. They seem to be gaining ground. So, i mean, havent you being in process for too long . Havent you lost touch with, with, with the public . No. I dont think that by achieving what i have just mentioned, which has now to be implemented by members dates. Thats also an issue. I think we have responded to High Expectations from citizens. Never forget citizens, your bins. Its then come out of different crises. We have the financial crisis, we have the coven crisis, we have the russian board. And now we have to make sure that we put the citizens in the heart of our policies. And that we assure also that the living and that the social justice full in order to be able to approve this, you need support. And the problem in my question goes to the inner workings of the problem, which is really importan
To work, or are they right to keep on fighting for that pay rise . And thats all coming up in your hour . In your next hour . Thanks for joining me on the show. Your company is always an absolute pleasure. Also in the show today, an astonishing report, a survey of attitudes amongst british muslims really is an eye popping british muslims really is an eye popping reading. It says 52 of popping reading. It says 52 of british muslims would like to ban cartoons featuring the prophet muhammad. You recall thatis prophet muhammad. You recall that is what drove the Batley Grammar School teacher into hiding more than three years ago, 46 of british muslims are supportive of hamas. Well have the director of research from the director of research from the Henry Jackson society on the show later on to talk about this report and what it means for british society. Are we living british society. Are we living in parallel existences with very conservative attitudes, pervasive in a way that simply arent