07/05/2017 BBC Weekend News


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Labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less

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than ?80,000 a year, as part of an election pledge

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The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, said those earning

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over that amount would be asked to pay "a bit more" to help pay

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The Conservatives say they have no plans to raise taxes,

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but have so far refused to rule it out completely.

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Here's our political correspondent Ellie Price.

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A policy pledge to capture the imagination of low and middle-income

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voters - and the newspaper headlines. Labour say 95% of

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taxpayers will benefit from what the Shadow Chancellor described as a

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personal tax guarantee. It will be going to that you will not have an

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increase in income tax or VAT or national insurance. And for those

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above ?80,000, we will ask you to pay a modest bit more. Why? To fund

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our public services. The policy-making sound relatively

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familiar... No increase in national insurance, no increase in income

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tax... The Conservatives made that pledge at the last election. So far,

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Theresa May has ruled out a rising VAT but not committed to the

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previous manifesto pledge of not raising income tax or a national

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insurance contributions. Today, the Tories said there was a black hole

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in Labour's proposals. They're going back to type, they are always going

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to raise taxes, they will start at ?80,000, you will brink and they

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will bring it on again. It's the same old Labour, raising taxes and

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hurting aspiration. The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, was on a fun run

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today. His party said Labour's tax pledges were not worth the paper

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they were written on. There is no clear figure for how much tax the

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top 5% of earners pay. But official figures show the top 1% contribute

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more than a quarter of all income tax paid in Britain. You can't get

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that much more by putting a few pence on income tax for the highest

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earners. If you really want to raise significant amounts of money to

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support public services, I'm afraid it cannot just be a few people, it

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has to be all of us. But announcing the pledge today, John McDonnell did

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not rule out introducing a new higher rate of tax for the highest

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earners. He insisted the decision would be made when the parties

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manifesto is launched within the next few weeks.

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The Conservatives say reforming mental health legislation in England

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and Wales will be a priority, if they win the election.

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Theresa May said a new law would tackle discrimination

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and the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people.

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There would also be a boost to the number of mental health

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When she entered Downing Street for the first time as Prime Minister

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last year, Theresa May described the lack of sufficient mental health

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Now, in what the Conservative campaign

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describes as its first major domestic policy announcement, the

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Tories have pledged to employ an additional 10,000 mental health

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staff in the NHS, to give more legal protection to all people suffering

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from mental health issues, and to make mental health first aid

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If you have a child that has severe mental

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health problems, and you find that child,

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instead of getting treated by the NHS, actually ends up

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thing for the child, it'll probably make their condition worse.

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But it's also very bad for the police as

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The Tories say they will rip up the Mental Health Act amid concerns

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it is allowing the widespread detention

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The Liberal Democrats say the Conservatives delayed such

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reforms while in the coalition, and failed

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to fully fund children's mental health care.

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When I come across families who are waiting desperately

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for their children to receive the care they need, they feel badly

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So, for me, it's empty rhetoric at the moment.

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Labour says there are 6,000 fewer mental health nurses than in 2010,

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Health care charities welcome the attention

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Daily at Sane, we hear of people struggling to get help,

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who are being turned away and neglected.

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We've lost over 25,000 beds since 2000.

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The main focus may be on Brexit, but health care is also a key battle

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French voters are going to the polls today to choose

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The second and final round of the election pits

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the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron against

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More than 50,000 police officers have been deployed

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Our correspondent Hugh Schofield is at a polling station in Paris.

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Yes, in the and a miserable day here in Paris, but but does not seem to

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be putting off the voters over turning up at a fairly steady stream

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at this school. Overall, the government tells us that 28% of the

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population have voted by midday, which is broadly in line with what

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happened in the first round last time out. It indicates a 80% turnout

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overall, which is fairly good. The choice is pretty stark, between the

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nationalist, protectionist Marine Le Pen and the pro-business, pro-EU

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Emmanuel Macron. Viewers need to know that there is flash photography

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in this coming piece. Emmanuel Macron was the first

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of the candidates to vote this morning, at a voting station

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near his home in the seaside With him, his wife and former

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schoolteacher Brigitte. A short time later, Marie Le Pen

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was also in front of the cameras in the northern working-class town

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of Henin-Beaumont, one of the strongholds of her

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Front National party. Turnout will be one of the things

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to look out for today. Neither of the main parties,

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the Socialists and the Republicans, has a runner in the race,

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and that may deter some voters. Also, some on the radical left view

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Mr Macron and Ms Le Pen But in general, participation

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in presidential elections I think it's very important,

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particularly this year, We know what happened in the US,

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the Brexit is on its way, so it's very, very, very

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important to vote. Sorry, my heart is actually

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beating really fast now. Yeah, we have to vote, because,

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I mean, for democracy, The Champs-Elysees attack just

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before the first round, Now, polling stations close here in

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Paris at eight at this evening, seven o'clock in Britain. Very soon

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after that if not immediately, we should get a clear indication of who

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has one. Emmanuel Macron, as all the standards have been showing, is the

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clear favourite. But let's see. Hugh Schofield in Paris, thank you very

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much. 82 Nigerian schoolgirls have arrived

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in the capital, Abuja, where they're due to meet

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the country's president, after being freed by

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the Islamist group Boko Haram. The girls were among 276 taken

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captive in the north-eastern They are the second group of Chibok

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girls to be freed, and were released Around 50,000 people

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are being evacuated from the German city of Hannover later,

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so that experts can remove five The bombs were found

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during work at a building site. Some 2,500 firefighters, rescuers,

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and police officers are being deployed to help with the operation,

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which effects around a tenth deployed to help with the operation,

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which affects around a tenth It's an historic day at Lord's

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today, where Ireland are playing international cricket

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for the first time. They are playing England

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in the second one-day Ben Croucher has been

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watching the action. Up to mighty London came

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an Irishman one day. This is how far Irish cricket has

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come, a first game at Lord's, England soon showed

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them the way around. Alex Hales and Jason Roy looked

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in no mood to extend the hospitality out in the middle,

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scampering to 49. Ireland had a man who was equally

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at home here, though. Tim Murtagh has played county

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cricket at Lord's for a decade, Not long followed by the second -

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Barry McCarthy tempted Roy to drive Which, in turn, brought England's

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captain to the crease. Eoin Morgan, born in Dublin,

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soon making his native countrymen play fetch around

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the English capital. If England continue to score

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big and score fast, Ireland could discover

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they still have a distance to travel You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One

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is at 5:35pm - goodbye for now. Hello. A very good afternoon to you.

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This week is going to give us a lesson in how changes in the wind

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direction and where our air is coming from can bring about the

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changes in

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