:00:21. > :00:25.Labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less
:00:26. > :00:27.than ?80,000 a year, as part of an election pledge
:00:28. > :00:31.The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, said those earning
:00:32. > :00:35.over that amount would be asked to pay "a bit more" to help pay
:00:36. > :00:39.The Conservatives say they have no plans to raise taxes,
:00:40. > :00:41.but have so far refused to rule it out completely.
:00:42. > :00:48.Here's our political correspondent Ellie Price.
:00:49. > :00:57.A policy pledge to capture the imagination of low and middle-income
:00:58. > :01:02.voters - and the newspaper headlines. Labour say 95% of
:01:03. > :01:07.taxpayers will benefit from what the Shadow Chancellor described as a
:01:08. > :01:11.personal tax guarantee. It will be going to that you will not have an
:01:12. > :01:17.increase in income tax or VAT or national insurance. And for those
:01:18. > :01:22.above ?80,000, we will ask you to pay a modest bit more. Why? To fund
:01:23. > :01:27.our public services. The policy-making sound relatively
:01:28. > :01:31.familiar... No increase in national insurance, no increase in income
:01:32. > :01:35.tax... The Conservatives made that pledge at the last election. So far,
:01:36. > :01:39.Theresa May has ruled out a rising VAT but not committed to the
:01:40. > :01:44.previous manifesto pledge of not raising income tax or a national
:01:45. > :01:48.insurance contributions. Today, the Tories said there was a black hole
:01:49. > :01:53.in Labour's proposals. They're going back to type, they are always going
:01:54. > :01:57.to raise taxes, they will start at ?80,000, you will brink and they
:01:58. > :02:01.will bring it on again. It's the same old Labour, raising taxes and
:02:02. > :02:07.hurting aspiration. The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, was on a fun run
:02:08. > :02:10.today. His party said Labour's tax pledges were not worth the paper
:02:11. > :02:17.they were written on. There is no clear figure for how much tax the
:02:18. > :02:22.top 5% of earners pay. But official figures show the top 1% contribute
:02:23. > :02:25.more than a quarter of all income tax paid in Britain. You can't get
:02:26. > :02:29.that much more by putting a few pence on income tax for the highest
:02:30. > :02:32.earners. If you really want to raise significant amounts of money to
:02:33. > :02:37.support public services, I'm afraid it cannot just be a few people, it
:02:38. > :02:41.has to be all of us. But announcing the pledge today, John McDonnell did
:02:42. > :02:45.not rule out introducing a new higher rate of tax for the highest
:02:46. > :02:48.earners. He insisted the decision would be made when the parties
:02:49. > :02:52.manifesto is launched within the next few weeks.
:02:53. > :02:55.The Conservatives say reforming mental health legislation in England
:02:56. > :02:58.and Wales will be a priority, if they win the election.
:02:59. > :03:00.Theresa May said a new law would tackle discrimination
:03:01. > :03:01.and the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people.
:03:02. > :03:04.There would also be a boost to the number of mental health
:03:05. > :03:17.When she entered Downing Street for the first time as Prime Minister
:03:18. > :03:19.last year, Theresa May described the lack of sufficient mental health
:03:20. > :03:23.Now, in what the Conservative campaign
:03:24. > :03:27.describes as its first major domestic policy announcement, the
:03:28. > :03:30.Tories have pledged to employ an additional 10,000 mental health
:03:31. > :03:37.staff in the NHS, to give more legal protection to all people suffering
:03:38. > :03:39.from mental health issues, and to make mental health first aid
:03:40. > :03:42.If you have a child that has severe mental
:03:43. > :03:49.health problems, and you find that child,
:03:50. > :03:51.instead of getting treated by the NHS, actually ends up
:03:52. > :03:56.thing for the child, it'll probably make their condition worse.
:03:57. > :03:58.But it's also very bad for the police as
:03:59. > :04:03.The Tories say they will rip up the Mental Health Act amid concerns
:04:04. > :04:05.it is allowing the widespread detention
:04:06. > :04:08.The Liberal Democrats say the Conservatives delayed such
:04:09. > :04:11.reforms while in the coalition, and failed
:04:12. > :04:16.to fully fund children's mental health care.
:04:17. > :04:19.When I come across families who are waiting desperately
:04:20. > :04:22.for their children to receive the care they need, they feel badly
:04:23. > :04:30.So, for me, it's empty rhetoric at the moment.
:04:31. > :04:33.Labour says there are 6,000 fewer mental health nurses than in 2010,
:04:34. > :04:38.Health care charities welcome the attention
:04:39. > :04:43.Daily at Sane, we hear of people struggling to get help,
:04:44. > :04:45.who are being turned away and neglected.
:04:46. > :04:48.We've lost over 25,000 beds since 2000.
:04:49. > :04:52.The main focus may be on Brexit, but health care is also a key battle
:04:53. > :05:03.French voters are going to the polls today to choose
:05:04. > :05:06.The second and final round of the election pits
:05:07. > :05:07.the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron against
:05:08. > :05:18.More than 50,000 police officers have been deployed
:05:19. > :05:27.Our correspondent Hugh Schofield is at a polling station in Paris.
:05:28. > :05:33.Yes, in the and a miserable day here in Paris, but but does not seem to
:05:34. > :05:39.be putting off the voters over turning up at a fairly steady stream
:05:40. > :05:43.at this school. Overall, the government tells us that 28% of the
:05:44. > :05:49.population have voted by midday, which is broadly in line with what
:05:50. > :05:55.happened in the first round last time out. It indicates a 80% turnout
:05:56. > :05:59.overall, which is fairly good. The choice is pretty stark, between the
:06:00. > :06:04.nationalist, protectionist Marine Le Pen and the pro-business, pro-EU
:06:05. > :06:06.Emmanuel Macron. Viewers need to know that there is flash photography
:06:07. > :06:11.in this coming piece. Emmanuel Macron was the first
:06:12. > :06:14.of the candidates to vote this morning, at a voting station
:06:15. > :06:17.near his home in the seaside With him, his wife and former
:06:18. > :06:20.schoolteacher Brigitte. A short time later, Marie Le Pen
:06:21. > :06:23.was also in front of the cameras in the northern working-class town
:06:24. > :06:25.of Henin-Beaumont, one of the strongholds of her
:06:26. > :06:27.Front National party. Turnout will be one of the things
:06:28. > :06:30.to look out for today. Neither of the main parties,
:06:31. > :06:32.the Socialists and the Republicans, has a runner in the race,
:06:33. > :06:35.and that may deter some voters. Also, some on the radical left view
:06:36. > :06:40.Mr Macron and Ms Le Pen But in general, participation
:06:41. > :06:45.in presidential elections I think it's very important,
:06:46. > :06:53.particularly this year, We know what happened in the US,
:06:54. > :07:01.the Brexit is on its way, so it's very, very, very
:07:02. > :07:04.important to vote. Sorry, my heart is actually
:07:05. > :07:09.beating really fast now. Yeah, we have to vote, because,
:07:10. > :07:11.I mean, for democracy, The Champs-Elysees attack just
:07:12. > :07:36.before the first round, Now, polling stations close here in
:07:37. > :07:40.Paris at eight at this evening, seven o'clock in Britain. Very soon
:07:41. > :07:45.after that if not immediately, we should get a clear indication of who
:07:46. > :07:49.has one. Emmanuel Macron, as all the standards have been showing, is the
:07:50. > :07:51.clear favourite. But let's see. Hugh Schofield in Paris, thank you very
:07:52. > :07:57.much. 82 Nigerian schoolgirls have arrived
:07:58. > :08:00.in the capital, Abuja, where they're due to meet
:08:01. > :08:02.the country's president, after being freed by
:08:03. > :08:05.the Islamist group Boko Haram. The girls were among 276 taken
:08:06. > :08:10.captive in the north-eastern They are the second group of Chibok
:08:11. > :08:15.girls to be freed, and were released Around 50,000 people
:08:16. > :08:19.are being evacuated from the German city of Hannover later,
:08:20. > :08:23.so that experts can remove five The bombs were found
:08:24. > :08:30.during work at a building site. Some 2,500 firefighters, rescuers,
:08:31. > :08:35.and police officers are being deployed to help with the operation,
:08:36. > :08:38.which effects around a tenth deployed to help with the operation,
:08:39. > :08:41.which affects around a tenth It's an historic day at Lord's
:08:42. > :08:51.today, where Ireland are playing international cricket
:08:52. > :08:53.for the first time. They are playing England
:08:54. > :08:55.in the second one-day Ben Croucher has been
:08:56. > :09:01.watching the action. Up to mighty London came
:09:02. > :09:03.an Irishman one day. This is how far Irish cricket has
:09:04. > :09:06.come, a first game at Lord's, England soon showed
:09:07. > :09:09.them the way around. Alex Hales and Jason Roy looked
:09:10. > :09:11.in no mood to extend the hospitality out in the middle,
:09:12. > :09:14.scampering to 49. Ireland had a man who was equally
:09:15. > :09:18.at home here, though. Tim Murtagh has played county
:09:19. > :09:21.cricket at Lord's for a decade, Not long followed by the second -
:09:22. > :09:28.Barry McCarthy tempted Roy to drive Which, in turn, brought England's
:09:29. > :09:31.captain to the crease. Eoin Morgan, born in Dublin,
:09:32. > :09:33.soon making his native countrymen play fetch around
:09:34. > :09:35.the English capital. If England continue to score
:09:36. > :09:38.big and score fast, Ireland could discover
:09:39. > :09:40.they still have a distance to travel You can see more on all of today's
:09:41. > :09:48.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One
:09:49. > :10:13.is at 5:35pm - goodbye for now. Hello. A very good afternoon to you.
:10:14. > :10:17.This week is going to give us a lesson in how changes in the wind
:10:18. > :10:19.direction and where our air is coming from can bring about the
:10:20. > :10:20.changes in