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Rishi Sunak promises lower immigration and tax cuts in Tory manifesto - Tories pledge 2p national insurance cut and first-time buyer help in Conservative manifesto
- Jamie Oliver has welcomed Labour’s proposal to ban the sale of energy drinks to under-16s
- Douglas Ross says Scottish Tory MSPs did not ask him to resign as party leader
- SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn predicts the Tories will be ‘toast’ at the election
- Britain’s unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen to its highest rate for more than two years
The parties are continuing to outline their promises for government – and today it’s the turn of the Conservatives to launch their election manifesto.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to put tax cuts and help for first-time buyers at the heart of the Conservatives’ priorities.
But Labour has predicted the Tory manifesto will be the “most expensive panic attack in history”.
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