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make specific proposals on taxes u nless 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 taxes on working families. later, she went further in clarifying her plans. we won t be increasing vat, but what i wa nt to won t be increasing vat, but what i want to ensure is we are able to have the strong. you definitely won t raise vat, that is a 100% commitment? where will extra money come from to pay for schools, hospitals and social care? the prime minister hinted the long term plan for that would be in her manifesto. labour says it would make those at the top pay more. we would end the tax giveaways to the rich. we would demonstrate how we would fund those. let me give this assurance, there will be no increases in income tax for middle and low earners. labour is guaranteeing the state pension will continue to rise by 2.5% a year. there ....
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. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said he would end what he called giveaways to the rich , while labour would protect 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 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 ....
while their title rivals tottenham, beat arsenal in the north london derby. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says there ll be no increase in vat, if the conservatives win the general election. but the prime minister did signal that she would scrap a pledge, not to raise income tax or national insurance. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has also promised not to raise vat. he said labour would protect middle income earners and end what he called tax giveaways to the rich . our political correspondent ben wright reports. so, this will be a law. this is a guarantee, because i know what needs to be done. it was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before the 2015 general election. david cameron said that three key taxes, vat, income tax and national insurance, would not go up for a five year parliament, so will theresa may repeat that pledge in her manifesto? we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear that i don t want t ....
is time for our world. kathmandu, the city i call home. my friend nirmala and i never felt restricted here, until we started our periods. suddenly there were lots of things we were not meant to do, like cook or worship. my college friend, she s like i m having my period, i m treated like a queen, i don t have to work in kitchen, i don t have to go to temples, that s not treating you like a queen, that s like treating you like you re untouchable. the rules didn t make much sense to us growing up. my mother used to tell me that you shouldn t touch plants or they will die. periods are still deeply taboo here in nepal. and while things in the city are gradually changing, we heard in the remote far west it s very different. so we re leaving our urban life to travel to the mountains, to discover why the taboos are still so powerful. and ask why some people are so scared of menstruating women that they won t even let them inside the house. they have to sleep in there, i m real ....
president trump s decision to fire the director of the fbi has been met with widespread shock and a mass of questions. james comey was the man in charge of investigating russian interference in the us presidential election, and whether or not the trump campaign colluded with the russians. the white house says mr comey has been dismissed on the recommendation of the attorney general, jeff sessions, and his deputy. their letters to him have been made public. president trump told the fbi director he was not able to effectively lead the bureau, and went on to say he was hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately, and that it was essential to find new leadership. the democratic leader of the senate, chuck schumer, told president trump he was making a big mistake. the first question the administration has to answer is why now? if the administration had objections to the way director comey handled the clinton investigation, they had those objections the m ....