Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves insists people are still worse off under a Tory government despite inflation falling to 3.2%, adding the reason for the fall was due to changes in global markets. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper claimed Labour would bring in 13,000 more police officers in a bid to revive high streets. Ms Cooper claimed the government had "finally done a U-turn" as it now backed a previous Labour proposal to bring in a new law covering attacks on retail staff. The shadow home secretary was joined by deputy party leader Angela Rayner and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves on a visit to the north east where they met with retail staff. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Labour's Rachel Reeves has announced plans to crack down on tax avoidance. The shadow chancellor said Labour will ensure "that people who make Britain their home pay their fair share of tax here in Britain." The shadow chancellor said Labour aims to raise £2.6bn over the next parliament by closing “loopholes” in the government’s plans to abolish exemptions for “non-doms". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Jonathan Ashworth has urged the prime minister to call a general election “now”. Whilst campaigning in Blackpool alongside Rachel Reeves, the shadow paymaster general claimed that “weak Rishi Sunak is running scared,” and that whilst the prime minister can “delay the choice the British people want to make, but [he] cannot in the end run away from their verdict.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rachel Reeves has said that “we are at a moment of de-convergence, trailing and falling further behind our competitors”, which she says has had “serious consequences for living standards, with real household disposable income set to be lower at the end of this parliament than at the beginning. The shadow chancellor delivered the key pre-election message to the business and economic community during the annual Mais Lecture in the city of London. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his government would transfer the 10 remaining privately run rail networks to public ownership “well within the first term” by folding existing private passenger rail contracts into a new body as they expire. His comments come during a visit to a train manufacturer Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Superintendent Ross Evans from Dyfed Powys Police says a 13 year girl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder. She was arrested yesterday after three people, two teachers and a student, were stabbed at a school in Wales during the morning break. It’s an incident that’s left the local community in shock. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The sister of the headteacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life following an Ofsted report, says it's "depressing" to see the Government has decided to keep one word judgements for school inspections. The government was asked by the Education Select Committee to scrap the single word assessment - such as "outstanding or inadequate" - but said today it's keeping the headline grade because it provides a "succinct" summary for parents and schools. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Angela van den Bogerd, a former senior director at the Post Office, arrived at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry on Thursday morning. She began with an apology on the first of her two days of giving evidence, telling the inquiry she was "truly, truly sorry" for the "devastation" caused to wrongly convicted sub-postmasters and their families. Errors in the Post Office's Horizon IT system meant money appeared to be missing from many branch accounts when, in fact, it was not. As a result, more than 700 sub-postmasters were handed criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Prince of Wales met 11-year-old Harry and his mother as he opened the Anchor Point community centre in Aston, Birmingham.
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