01/10/2014 BBC News at Six

The Prime Minister promises a double dose of tax cuts if

David Cameron claims he can deliver the tax pledge while also

With the Conservatives, if you work hard and do the right thing,

we say you should keep more of your own money to spend as you choose.

That is what our long-term economic plan means for you.

We'll be looking at exactly what tax cuts Mr Cameron is proposing

and whether he'd be able to deliver them.

Police find a body and launch a murder inquiry.

Pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong issue an ultimatum.

They'll occupy government buildings unless the leader

The mother of a schoolgirl thought to have run off to Syria appeal

And the end of the road for the tax disc, though there's confusion

On BBC London, more on the discovery of a body near to where Alice Gross

disappeared. Criticism of care received by cancer patients in the

capital. Good evening and welcome to the

BBC News at Six. David Cameron has put tax cuts

at the heart of his pre-election campaign, promising cuts that would

affect 30 million people He claims he can do that while

also eliminating the UK's deficit. The Prime Minister promised he

would raise the personal tax-free allowance from ?10,500

next April to ?12,500 by 2020. And that the threshold

for the 40% income tax rate would rise from 42,000 next April to

?50,000 by the end of a five-year The combined costs

of the tax changes would be ?7.2 The Prime Minister also used

his speech at the Tory Party Conference to outline his party's

policies on the NHS and Europe. Our first report from

our political editor, Nick Robinson, After the warning of more more pain,

more austerity, more spending cuts to come, a promise of much better

times and of tax cuts ahead. This very personal plea to be

given another chance to serve. I don't claim to be

a perfect leader. But I'm your public servant,

standing here, wanting to make our country so much

better for your children and mine. I love this country

and I will do my duty by it. The Tories may be losing votes

and losing MPs to UKIP but the shared belief here is that

the country will choose their leader, not Ed Miliband,

the man who forgot the deficit. People forget their car keys,

my children sometimes forget I once even forgot that I left Nancy

down the pub. Let me say this,

you cannot be Prime Minister of this country and forget the most

important issue that we face. The Tories, he claimed,

would balance the books That is three years later than

their original target. They would do it he said,

by cutting government spending. There would be no tax rises, indeed,

he promised there would be tax cuts I would tell you now that

a future Conservative government will raise a tax-free personal

allowance from ?10,500 to ?12,500. If you work 30 hours a week

on minimum wage, The cost of that tax giveaway,

?5 billion. The cost of the next,

another 2 billion. We will raise the threshold at

which people pay the 40p rate. In the next Parliament,

we will raise it to ?50,000. That punch in the air from the man

whose job it is to cut another ?12 David Cameron insisted there would

be no cuts to the health service, ignore what Labour tells you,

he said, this is personal. I am someone who has relied

on the NHS and his family knows more Who knows what it is like

when you go to hospital in the middle of the night with

a sick child in your arms, knowing that when you get there,

there are people who will love that child and care for that child just

like as if it were their own. How dare they say I would put that

at risk for other people's children? How dare they frighten those who

rely on the National Health Service? That a plea, think of my family the

next time you are told, you can't They would have stayed

on their feet if he had pledged to leave the EU if he could not

negotiate a better deal. He didn't promise that

but the man who said he loved his country did promise to cut

immigration from Europe. Turning first to stare

down the lens of the TV camera. It will be at the very heart of my

renegotiation strategy for Europe. Britain,

I know you want this sorted. So I will go to Brussels,

I will not take no for an answer, and when it comes to free movement,

I will get what Britain needs. Anyone who thinks, anyone who thinks

I cannot or will not deliver this, If that does not sway those tempted

to defect to UKIP, Me in Downing Street or Ed Miliband

in Downing Street. If you vote UKIP,

that is really a vote for Labour. On the 7th of May, you could go to

bed with Nigel Farage Let's not, he urged,

go back to square one. Let us finish what we have begun,

let us build a Britain we are proud to call home

for you, your family, for everyone. In just 217 days' time, you will

be asked to decide, to choose. I am your public servant,

David Cameron said today. His gamble is that people who may

not like the Tories the Tories, may not like him that much,

will still vote for him. They came here prepared

for the worst, They leave here believing they might

just still be in with a chance. Let's talk a little more about those

two tax cuts proposed by David Cameron. Our economics

correspondent, Simon Jack, is here to look through the numbers. Simon,

how will they affect working people These proposed tax rises are

eye-catching, affect a lot of people So, just to recap -

starting with the rise in the personal allowance - that is

the amount you are allowed to earn The Prime Minister said that would

rise from ?10,500 to ?12,500 over That would lift

an additional 1 million people out A giveaway for higher earners as

well - the threshold at which people start paying 40% tax will rise

from 42,000 to 50,000 by 2020.That means 800,000 people who would have

been in the 40% band now won't be. If you make ?12,500 a year or less,

no income tax to pay. Basic rate tax payers will pay

on average ?500 less tax per year And if you earn between ?50,000

and ?100,000, If you earn under ?10,500,

you already don't pay any income tax so pushing the personal allowance

up makes no difference. Middle income earners, however,

will notice a big difference. The threshold before you pay 40% tax

has gone down in the last few years. This will be a big increase and

so will be really noticeable So,

how much will these giveaways cost? Raising the personal allowance

will leave the Government coffers Raising the higher rate means

a hit to the public purse Total cost to the Exchequer,

7.2 billion per year by 2020. Very unclear where it

is going to come from. The Government is already saying

it has got to be cutting ?30 This adds another 7 billion to

that on top of the big spending We don't know where you can

find that additional 7 billion. The Conservatives says they will

not raise taxes elsewhere. Of course, it's worth repeating,

this is only if the Conservatives win the next election and if the

public finances drastically improve. Any tax changes wouldn't come

in immediately. Our political editor, Nick Robinson,

is in Birmingham. The Prime Minister has promised an

awful lot, not just on tax cuts but on the NHS and Europe. Should he be

given the keys to Number ten next May, what other chances he could

deliver all of that? You'll Ait could be too good to be true. In

theory you can do all these things. You can cut taxes at the same time

as cutting borrowing, providing you are prepared to cut spending quite

drastically. The Tories will say, we have done some of this, we have cut

spending and borrowing and cutting taxes through an increase in the

personal allowance. Reply coming loud and clear from the Labour Party

tonight hold on isn't this the unfunded spending promised that the

Tories used to condemn when they were in opposition. Shouldn't they

be forced to spell out exactly who would suffer, which service would be

cut, which tax might have to be raised in order to raise for this

sort of promise? One other thing Labour are saying. Looking at the

figures of Hugh Gaines, lots of people gain from a removal of tax at

the bottom, it is the wealthiest who gain from this combination of tax

cuts that David Cameron has promised. He says he is standing up

and speaking for what he called the trade union of hard-working people.

His opponents are likely to say, actually, he is speaking up for the

club of the better off. Let's have a look at some of the

other stories making the news today. A former Conservative donor who has

switched his support to UKIP has said he will give the party

?1,000,000. He had originally said he would donate ?100,000.

RAF jets have carried out more air strikes on Islamic State targets in

Iraq - the second attack since Parliament backed military action.

Two Tornados destroyed an armed truck and a transport vehicle when

they were sent to examine a suspected IS command-and-control

position near Baghdad. The Crown Prosecution Service has

dropped seven terrorism charges against Moazzam Begg, a former

detainee at Guantanamo Bay. He's now been released from prison after

being in custody since February. He had been due to stand trial next

Police investigating the disappearance of Alice Gross have

launched a murder enquiry after a body was found last night in a river

in West London following one of Scotland Yard 's biggest ever search

operations. Our home affairs correspondent is near where the body

was discovered. This must be the news Alice 's family have been

dreading. Absolutely. The police broke the news to them as soon as

they could after the discovery late yesterday. We must stress that, at

this stage, stood here tonight, the body has not yet been identified.

The police have said this is clearly a significant development, which

comes 33 days after Alice Gross disappeared. After a search spanning

dozens of square miles, these 2 small tent cover the place where the

body was lifted from the water. The water. Forensics officers have been

here all day. This spot, surrounded by trees, in the grounds of a nearby

hospital is on Alice 's likely route home or just yesterday, this team

are working their way up the canal, towards the location hours, -- a few

hours later, the body was found. They explained why it might have

been difficult to find it. Significant efforts were made to

conceal the body. For several reasons, including protecting the

investigation, I do not wish to comment any further at this point on

the circumstances. Alice was last seen on CCTV at 4:26 PM on the

afternoon of August 28, walking along the tow path. Five days later

her bag was discovered next to a nearby pass. Police staged a

reconstruction of her walk from Brentford Lock. She had been heading

home. The body was found here and late yesterday. Her parents have

been informed. The Latvian builder is a suspect because he was cycling

on the tow path that day. He has a previous murder conviction and he

has disappeared. It has been a fast moving day. Police arrived at this

housing development in nearby Isil worth. They have sealed off what

appears to be a builder is shared. We understand the Latvian builder

was working on those buildings over there. Somebody has been in this

facility that might have done that awful thing. It does make you feel

very vulnerable. The yellow ribbon has come to symbolise the hope that

Alice Gross might still be alive. Now flowers have begun to arrive, an

expression of the growing sorrow. The Prime Minister promises

a double dose of tax cuts if The cost of the supermarket

price wars for Sainsbury's. Four men are found guilty

of beating to death a man while he was using a computer in

a community centre in South London. And we look ahead to

Arsenal's Champions League Match Pro-democracy protestors have issued

an ultimatum to the city's leader, saying they will start to occupy

government buildings The demonstrations have spread to

new parts of the city as the territory's pro-Beijing leadership

celebrated China's National Day. Tens of thousands of protesters are

now occupying four key junctions. Our China Editor Carrie Gracie

reports from Hong Kong. It is National Day but there is not

a Chinese flag insight. 65 years ago, Chairman Mao said the Chinese

people had stood up. Hong Kong and a new generation. Standing up for a

different revolution. To see the Chinese flag and National

Day, you had to come here, a ceremony to remind Hong Kong that

however different its way of life, it is still part of China.

She tells me it is a day to celebrate nationally and Ursula XII.

But outside, disunity made its presence felt. -- national unity.

Hong Kong's leader will not torture protesters but they came to make

their point anyway. -- will not talk to protesters. In Beijing, a made

for TV celebration to celebrate the Communist Party, no pictures of the

protesters of the sympathisers detained. Nothing to disrupt

stability. This is no longer a party of revolution but the establishment.

Hong Kong once one man and one vote at the President already has it. He

is the man and his is the only vote that counts. Not for long if they

have their way. Tonight, they are threatening to occupy Gottman to

buildings. Is this movement now too big to fail?

He says, no compromise. They will not go home and less Hong Kong's

leader resigns. But China will not giving either. It feels it cannot or

it will get this on the mainland. We just need to keep our momentum of

the movement. No one here ever imagined that so

many of them would be prepared to break the law for the idea of

freedom. No wonder the impossible now seems possible. On the

anniversary of one Chinese revolution, there is talk of

another. The family of

a missing schoolgirl who is thought to have gone to Syria, possibly to

join Islamist fighters, say they are Yusra Hussien,

who is 15 and from Bristol, -- left. At a news conference,

her family said she was a typical teenager and there was no

"concrete evidence" that she wanted Yusra Hussien, a grade-A student

described by her family as bright and bubbly, but now her whereabouts

and her intentions are unknown. Today, the schoolgirl's mother

described her heartbreak and made a direct appeal

for the 15-year-old to come home. Please, please, please, we miss you,

come back, I love you so much. All your brothers and your sisters,

we miss you se, so much. -- so. The house is not

the same way you left. Her parents thought Yusra had gone

to school as normal last week, but police say instead

of turning up here for lessons, she headed to Heathrow

and took a flight to Istanbul. Officers fear

the GCSE pupil intended to cross Her mother said Yusra's

disappearance from this neighbourhood

of Bristol a week ago had come She said there had been nothing

about the teenager's behaviour in the days before she went missing to

suggest that she was planning to go. She was just a typical teenager,

her mum said. Yusra's family said police comments

that she might have been radicalised by leaving

the UK were just speculation. There have been many assumptions

claiming that Yusra is travelling to Syria and that maybe she is

an extremist, and planning to become a Jihadist bride, all which have no

concrete evidence to back this up. Yusra's family said

the only thing that mattered now was Sainsbury's has blamed price wars

between the biggest supermarkets and discount rivals

for another fall in its sales. They're down

for the third quarter in a row. New boss Mike Coupe says

the industry is "changing beyond all recognition", with customers

choosing to shop "little and often". Kamal Ahmed, our business editor,

reports. It has been a long time since

Sainsbury's has seen numbers this bad. From 2005, the UK's

third-largest retailer enjoyed year after year of sales growth. In 2014,

that ended. Today, Sainsbury's announced sales were down 2.8% on

the same period last year. At the end of any rate for

Sainsbury's and deplete the entire industry. Growth is almost

impossible to combine these days, discount stores are taking an

increasing share and people are moving into convenience and online.

The share rice falling, down over 6% today, how can they fight back? Bash

the share rise. We send the man Chief Executive Stern to for advice

to give us his opinion. He takes hundreds of pictures of promotions

and he analyses the results. It has moved from lots of promotions to

less emotions and more lowers prices -- and more low prices, leading them

into competition with stores who operate at a low cost model. And as

to do the same. Today's news might be bad for investors on the High

Street, add news for the retailer is good news for them. The Chief

Executive Ursula XII macro has said it is the first time he has known of

falling food prices in a generation -- Mike Coupe. One problem it said

it was not facing was over at counts. Tesco announced the

regulator had launched an investigation after the retailer

admitted it overstated profits expected to make this year. -- was

over accounts. For the first time in nearly 100

years, drivers no longer have to display a tax disc on the windscreen

of their car and, instead, there will be a new electronic

version that can be bought online. But the DVLA's website has been

so swamped, some people have A little piece of history disappears

from our windscreens today. The government says there is no

point having a piece of paper The reality is,

the authorities have not really done this for years - checked people's

tax disc by physically looking Instead, they use cameras that take

a photograph of your number plate, they check it against

their database and, if you have not On patrol with the DVLA on the A12

in Essex. Around one in every 200 cars

they check is not taxed. As you can see, we have just had

a hit and that vehicle was showing Jonathan, I would assume you are

mainly catching people in older That is what a lot

of people seem to assume. People

on their way to a wedding with a bride in the back, ambulances,

three buses from the same company. If there is time left on your disk,

it is still valid, -- disc. You can still renew it at

the Post Office or online, although Critically,

if you purchase a second-hand car, That means

the government gets two lots of tax I find having a disc on your car,

you do actually check it So if it is there,

it does remind you that your disc is It will make life

a little bit easier because I've got So once every two months,

I have to tear one of these off. At least they'll never have to worry

again about accidentally ripping The weather will change in a big way

by the end of the week. We have had to dry weather for a

long time but that will be swept away this week, cooler air and

wetter weather from the Atlantic. Most places will be dry but a

difference in temperatures North and South. Cold in the North.

Temperatures close to freezing. The South will hang on to more cloud, --

keeping temperatures up. Mist and fog patches by the morning. What

does it mean by the afternoon? It will warm up nicely across Southern

parts of England and Wales, close to 20 degrees. One or two showers at a

dry day and good-looking for everybody. -- but a dry day.

Increased cloud in northern Wales and Northern Ireland. Hazy in

Northern Ireland and the wind will increase in the North of Scotland.

Gales by the end of the day, possibly severe as this low pressure

brings this weather front our way. Wet and windy conditions by the end

of the week mainly. And and Northern Ireland on Friday. For most of

England and Wales, it still looks good -- mainly for Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Heavy rain, that will sweep East on Friday night. And

on Saturday. Across the whole of the UK. Sunshine follows behind but

showers also and chilly by the weekend. Temperatures back to where

they should be at this time of year but a chilly wind, rain at at times

as well.