a vote on this in the house of commons on tuesday, and encourage conservative mps to vote for their constituents. here s the reality for households from the government s official forecaster. this graph shows post inflation disposable income. it was already predicted to fall sharply over two years. whilst it now falls less than predicted back in november, we re still facing an historic drop in living standards. what we ve thought for a long time is the economy is going to bump along the bottom, to use a phrase, at about zero for most of this year. that s broadly what the 0br are saying. the important point to bear in mind as a result of that is that a very large fraction of households will suffer a material deterioration in their standard of living this year. the chancellor says the budget is a comprehensive plan for growth, but he has many challenges ahead. emma simpson, bbc news. all the reaction from westminster now. 0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardley sent us this update
to the netherlands now where early exit polls from elections to 12 provincial parliaments suggest an astounding victory for the recently formed farmer citizen movement. formed in 2019 in the wake of widespread farmers protests, the party is projected to win the most seats ahead of prime minister mark rutte s liberal conservative people s party for freedom and democracy. 0ur correspondent at the hague, anna holligan, told us more about the farmer citizen movement. they didn t exist four years ago. that s how remarkable this earthquake in dutch politics really is. the big question now is though, will face this farmers party that was built on a foundation of fear among farmers that their farms, their dairy farms, were going to be bought out under government plans to try to reduce harmful nitrogen pollution in order to meet climate targets, will this party actually be able to live up to that promise by blocking the government s plans in the senate? because it looks set to become the larges
the chancellor says the budget is a comprehensive plan for growth, but he has many challenges ahead. emma simpson, bbc news. all the reaction from westminster now. 0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardley sent us this update. it is interesting because if you listen to the chancellorjeremy hunt on his morning round of interviews, he is pretty optimistic, happy that inflation is going down, that there is going to be growth in the economy, even if it is a bit sluggish, and he s confident that his growth plan is going down well. and i think it is fair to say some of the headline announcements on things like the energy price gap in the uk and the expansion of childcare in england, they have gone down pretty well, although certainly on the latter there are questions about specifics. but what is really interesting is if you delve into the numbers from the number of crunchers in the office for budget
0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardley, is at westminster. enormous pressure on rishi sunak to get this one right? it is enormous pressure on rishi sunak to get this one right? get this one right? it is absolutely crucial he comes get this one right? it is absolutely crucial he comes up get this one right? it is absolutely crucial he comes up with - get this one right? it is absolutely crucial he comes up with a - get this one right? it is absolutely crucial he comes up with a proper| crucial he comes up with a proper plan because he has made it one of those five key tests that he wants to be judged those five key tests that he wants to bejudged on at those five key tests that he wants to be judged on at the those five key tests that he wants to bejudged on at the next those five key tests that he wants to be judged on at the next general election. many of his own mps sitting in there are desperate for him to get it right after frankly successive conservative governments
forjoining us. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has described the leaking of thousands of his whatsapp messages written during the height of the covid pandemic, as a massive betrayal and breach of trust . he says they were released in a biased account, to suit an anti lockdown agenda . but the journalist, isabel 0akeshott, who revealed the messages, insists she s acted, in the public interest. they suggest mr hancock pushed to close schools during the pandemic, while the education secretary at the time, sir gavin williamson, wanted them to stay open. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more from westminster. the impact of the pandemic on education. we are keeping masks on at all times during the day. pupils and teachers wearing masks, schools closed to limit the spread of covid big decisions under new scrutiny. thejournalist, isabel 0akeshott, a critic of lockdown measures, was given access to matt hancock s whatsapp messages to help him write his book.