06/05/2017

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:00:10. > :00:16.We'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment -

:00:17. > :00:25.Theresa May says she is taking nothing for granted

:00:26. > :00:28.after the Tories' success in the local elections.

:00:29. > :00:31.Campaigning in the west Midlands, she urged voters to give her

:00:32. > :00:43.a strong mandate to negotiate Brexit.

:00:44. > :00:48.Labour are pledging not to raise council tax dashing contacts for

:00:49. > :00:53.those earning more than ?80,000 a year.

:00:54. > :00:56.The Liberal Democrats say they would put a penny in the pound

:00:57. > :00:59.on income tax to go towards the NHS and social care.

:01:00. > :01:02.Party leader Tim Farron said politicians needed to be honest

:01:03. > :01:07.The Ukip leader Paul Nuttall urges his supporters to "stay

:01:08. > :01:11.on the pitch" despite suffering heavy losses on Thursday.

:01:12. > :01:13.He said voters would return if Theresa May failed

:01:14. > :01:23.The French authorities warn the media and the public not

:01:24. > :01:25.to spread documents hacked from the centrist candidate

:01:26. > :01:28.Emmanuel Macron's campaign team in the run-up to

:01:29. > :01:36.At least 80 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Islamist

:01:37. > :01:40.militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria more than three years

:01:41. > :01:44.A government official said their release followed

:01:45. > :01:59.A has-been actor best known for playing an actor in the 80s is

:02:00. > :02:03.called in to help catch a serial killer. Find out about cinema

:02:04. > :02:16.releases in the Film Review. Hello and welcome to our look ahead

:02:17. > :02:19.to what the the papers will be With me are Katy Balls,

:02:20. > :02:25.who's a political correspondent at The Spectator and Nigel Nelson,

:02:26. > :02:27.political editor of the Sunday The Observer headlines on Labour's

:02:28. > :02:42.plans to increase income tax if Jeremy Corbyn becomes

:02:43. > :02:49.the next Prime Minister. says the move is in a bid

:02:50. > :02:54.to shore up Labour's core support - as a new poll shows the party has

:02:55. > :02:58.fallen 19 points behind the Tories. The paper - which is publishing

:02:59. > :03:02.its annual rich list - also says Brexit has seen

:03:03. > :03:04.the combined wealth of the country's The Sunday Express says -

:03:05. > :03:13.Theresa May is to unveil a set of manifesto pledges -

:03:14. > :03:15.which will serve as And The Mail on Sunday criticises

:03:16. > :03:22.a controversial drama to be aired The BBC has defended

:03:23. > :03:46.the production as fictional. So then, let's kick off with the

:03:47. > :03:50.Observer. Katie, that promise it seems from Labour we will fund

:03:51. > :03:56.spending by raising tax on ?80,000 a year earners. We have heard Labour

:03:57. > :04:00.were planning something like this, they have been dithering between

:04:01. > :04:06.what counts as being wealthy, it was 70 K now they have settled for a TK.

:04:07. > :04:11.The Sunday Times has a poll suggesting voters think 100,000 is

:04:12. > :04:17.what counts as wealthy so interesting to see who agrees with

:04:18. > :04:24.Labour. What is Rich? I put this question to John McDonnell last week

:04:25. > :04:28.and he was hovering between 70 and 80,000 mark and now he says

:04:29. > :04:35.absolutely you're richer of you are in over ?80,000 and he will tax

:04:36. > :04:39.those people. What we do not know is the real detail of it, quite how

:04:40. > :04:49.this will work, does this mean we will have a new tax band over

:04:50. > :04:53.?80,000? Does it mean the 50% tax rate Labour are brilliant for owners

:04:54. > :04:58.over ?150,000 will be reduced to hit people at a lower level? We will

:04:59. > :05:02.have to wait for the manifesto to find out those details but we need

:05:03. > :05:08.to know how this tax system will work. We know Labour have a mountain

:05:09. > :05:11.to climb in this election campaign, disappointing local election

:05:12. > :05:17.results, is this the sort of policy you think will appeal to their core

:05:18. > :05:22.voters? Yeah, I can see why it would appeal to many, ?80,000 to seem like

:05:23. > :05:25.a lot of money and if you are earning ?80,000 there is a high

:05:26. > :05:30.chance you have to pay more tax no matter what happens because Theresa

:05:31. > :05:34.May has suggested they will break the tax Lock promise so it is not

:05:35. > :05:40.looking good but you are still earning 80,000. We are still waiting

:05:41. > :05:44.for the manifesto promises, what you think Labour have got to do in the

:05:45. > :05:53.next few weeks to try to turn their fortunes around? The local elections

:05:54. > :05:58.were not as bad as Labour thought, but they are pretty bad. You cannot

:05:59. > :06:06.start losing over 300 seats like that and did not have an impact.

:06:07. > :06:10.Policies like this I do thing work. ?80,000 is to most people are huge

:06:11. > :06:15.amount, what John McDonnell says it is 90% of people will not be

:06:16. > :06:20.affected by labours tax plans so that leaves 2 million people who

:06:21. > :06:23.will, they are the 2 million people but never voted for them anyway so

:06:24. > :06:28.what they have to get back is those voters in the middle and the big

:06:29. > :06:35.issue for them is whether or not they feel Labour can form a

:06:36. > :06:39.competent government and that is the key to doing well. And also whether

:06:40. > :06:43.various pressure on the Conservatives to spell out their tax

:06:44. > :06:48.plans more because we know they do not want to give as many policies or

:06:49. > :06:55.pledges but interesting to see if Theresa May can explain how to make

:06:56. > :06:59.a fairer society. I want to say that last night one of our reviewers said

:07:00. > :07:05.the Conservatives had taken Glasgow when they meant to say they had

:07:06. > :07:09.taken more seats on the council, the Conservatives now have eight seats,

:07:10. > :07:13.an increase of seven while Labour lost overall control of the council

:07:14. > :07:23.and the SNP is now the largest party. Moving on to the Sunday

:07:24. > :07:29.express, and their headline is made's June Revolution. Is it a

:07:30. > :07:35.revolution, they say it'll be labours death warrant. It is quite

:07:36. > :07:40.rare thing, I policy from the Conservatives in this campaign. We

:07:41. > :07:45.have heard a lot about Theresa May's plan to bring back grammar schools

:07:46. > :07:49.and it will play a big part in the Tory manifesto, every child with a

:07:50. > :07:54.chance to attend local grammar school and that is not a policy that

:07:55. > :07:59.is completely popular in the party but if may get a stonking majority

:08:00. > :08:06.the MPs who are unhappy will have to put up or shut up. Is the whole, if

:08:07. > :08:12.she gets this stonking majority, is she completely free? Completely

:08:13. > :08:16.free, that is the most worrying part, regardless of whether you are

:08:17. > :08:25.a Tory, Laybourne Lib Dem voter the real problem will be if you are in

:08:26. > :08:28.talking about a 200 overall majority, it seems to be slipping

:08:29. > :08:33.back recently that kind of thing she can do what she likes, she can have

:08:34. > :08:37.an idea in her head and Teddington into legislation. People say a

:08:38. > :08:44.landslide, 1-party government but we have had landslide governments

:08:45. > :08:48.before. Not like this, if you talk of over 200, it is more than

:08:49. > :08:55.Margaret Thatcher would have got, more than Tony Blair ever got in

:08:56. > :09:00.1997 landslide so you are nudging 1-party state and I think the voters

:09:01. > :09:05.ought to think twice about allowing something like that to happen. What

:09:06. > :09:17.about labour in 1945, massive majority. OK, long time ago. Tony

:09:18. > :09:21.Blair had some big majorities. But if the polls are right, she will

:09:22. > :09:26.outstrip Tony Blair is 1997 majority. I do not think a huge

:09:27. > :09:30.majority is a terribly good idea. It is something voters ought to be wary

:09:31. > :09:35.of and also some of the promises she has made have proved not to be worth

:09:36. > :09:38.trusting so you have to also think about whether or not you want a

:09:39. > :09:45.Prime Minister who can do anything she wants. A quick look at the

:09:46. > :09:49.Sunday Times, one story which is interesting is attack dogs would be

:09:50. > :09:57.used to protect Parliament under plans being drawn up after the

:09:58. > :10:05.terror attack on Westminster a few weeks ago, attack dogs to guard

:10:06. > :10:10.Parliament. Yeah, dogs at the gate. They have been trying to come up

:10:11. > :10:15.with ways to make sure Parliament as a fortress but still a Democratic

:10:16. > :10:19.building. It is a balance. They do not want all the shutters up and I

:10:20. > :10:26.think this is one way to do it but whether having Rottweilers at the

:10:27. > :10:31.door is going to... The dogs in the House of Commons are cute and sniff

:10:32. > :10:36.for bombs. They are lovely. The idea of Rottweilers I'm not so happy

:10:37. > :10:42.with. The main stories about their rich list and the thrust is Brexit

:10:43. > :10:47.has brought about a bonanza for billionaires because of the stock

:10:48. > :10:52.market really. Yeah, the rich are getting richer because of Brexit,

:10:53. > :10:56.apparently. For some, despite Brexit but it appears to be because the

:10:57. > :11:01.stock market but it is hard to know because we cannot see or the

:11:02. > :11:06.figures. I guess time will tell. If Labour gets in, they will be poorer.

:11:07. > :11:11.What you think of the rich list, is it something you enjoy reading? You

:11:12. > :11:19.always want to know about other people's wealth. I think so. The

:11:20. > :11:23.idea JK Rowling has made 650 million according to the latest rich list

:11:24. > :11:29.out of writing. It gives us all hope. I think it is more on a

:11:30. > :11:37.gossipy level, does not mean a great deal but it is a fun read. It is a

:11:38. > :11:44.slight form of escapism. You plough through the rich list and see what

:11:45. > :11:52.everyone...? I wonder if it is a healthy thing to be obsessing about

:11:53. > :11:55.what individuals are? Some people would say it is aspirational,

:11:56. > :11:59.especially with this current list, lots of self-made millionaires, not

:12:00. > :12:03.much inherited wealth and that is only a good thing if you can see how

:12:04. > :12:12.people have come from little to get a lot. Is Brexit going to create

:12:13. > :12:18.more wealth? The suggestion is that it is a Brexit bonanza but we do not

:12:19. > :12:22.know that. It is coincided with Brexit. Because the pound has fallen

:12:23. > :12:28.down the stock market has gone up. We looked at the various people to

:12:29. > :12:33.work out who will have done well out of exports or whatever and who are

:12:34. > :12:37.not quite sure can find any. What we can take from it is these people who

:12:38. > :12:45.said it is economic disaster, it has not been for these people. Well, one

:12:46. > :12:52.person who is on the rich list and is worth approximately ?125 million,

:12:53. > :13:02.let's show you the photographs. Can view is guess who that is? It is

:13:03. > :13:09.Adele, the singer. What has she done to herself? A bad hair day. She is

:13:10. > :13:13.addressed as man from Catherine Tate's comedy show, proving that

:13:14. > :13:18.even if you are a multimillionaire you can still be have a sense of

:13:19. > :13:26.humour. Do you like this picture is? They look dreadful. I do not think

:13:27. > :13:31.she is trying to be. I did not recognise her so I had to look at

:13:32. > :13:37.the caption to work out who it was but OK, if that is how she wants to

:13:38. > :13:42.celebrate her 25th birthday, K. Do you use these apps that make your

:13:43. > :13:50.face do different things? No but you do like the rich list. Many thanks.

:13:51. > :13:55.That visit the papers this hour. They will both be back with me at

:13:56. > :14:00.half past 11 for another look at the stories making the news tomorrow in

:14:01. > :14:04.the papers. Coming up next, the Film Review with Jane Hill.