PM promises tax cut as he tries to get business back on side

Boris Johnson will promise to cut employers' National Insurance contributions and three other taxes on companies as he lays out the Tories' credentials as the party of business. The Prime Minister will make a major election pledge to reduce business rates and taxes holding firms back. Gordon Rayner explains how Mr Johnson will try to heal the rift between the Government and the corporate world over Brexit. Meanwhile, a flagship Labour policy is in tattersafter the party caved in to union barons over an environmental pledge. But our polls tracker shows that history tells us not to write off Jeremy Corbyn just yet.

CBeebies rocks boat by teaching that Gibraltar is Spanish

The BBC has been accused of rewriting history in a CBeebies programme that appears to teach children that Gibraltar is part of Spain. In the episode of Go Jetters, animated explorers learn about the migration route of birds from the Rock. But one of the characters says they are flying from "Spain to Africa", with no explanation of Gibraltar being a British overseas territory. View the advert.

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