families, churches and businesses. we re going to use our infrastructure investments to reconnect communities. one thing i m certain of. everyone out there knows what i m talking about. people have written me about bridges they depend on. one man told me that the bridge he traveled on every day is a tragedy waiting to happen. one woman wrote that a bridge near the center of her town had to be closed, and now now drivers and tourists bypass downtown consequently devastating local buses, and one person wrote to mow to say, quote, this is your chance to show the people in my area that they matter to you, end of quote. i hear you. i hear you. you do matter to me, and we are going to get it done. my infrastructure law includes a total of $40 billion in funding for bridge improvements. $12.5 billion that have is going to replace the most economically significant bridges in the country. these are bridges like, and i ve seen them, the brent spence
birthday, bridges built in black communities, cutting off families, churches and businesses. use the infrastructure investments to reconnect communities. everyone out there knows what i m talking about. people have written me about bridges they depend on. one man told me the bridge he traveled on every day is a tragedy waiting to happen. one wrote the bridge near the center of her town had to be closed and now drivers and tourists bypass downtown devastating local businesses. and one person wrote to me to say this is your chance to show the people in my area that they matter to you. i hear you. i hear you. you do matter to me and we are going to get it done. my infrastructure law includes a total of $40 billion in funding for bridge improvements. 12.5 billion of that is going to replace most, the most economically significant bridges
belarusian joint exercises with russia to the north that were mentioned in that report, but there is also growing tension to the south. russia has put out a warning saying it is planning to carry out naval drills, missile drills in the black sea and ac that runs along ukraine s south coast. dimitrov says thatis ukraine s south coast. dimitrov says that is actually a pretext for blocking ukrainian ports, which would put not only a military squeeze on things, but an economic one as well, so he is worried about that. he says there is evidence that the number of troops, that estimated 100,000 figure, along the border is increasing. today nato s secretary generaljens stoltenberg announced he would be deploying combat troops to romania, which is on the. it is on the black sea coast, so tensions really are rising and ukraine is feeling the squeeze and the diplomat today said 12.5 billion euros of
sector spending the government announced back in october. for nurses, teachers and other public sector workers: that means they re facing a pay cut of more than £1700 unless the chancellor spends 10 billion to fund pay rises that keep up with the cost of living. then there are soaring energy bills. the government pledged 9 billion to help. but given the way things are going that won t deliver the same level of protection. if the government wants to protect us in the same way they re going to need to find another 12.5 billion. every average earner is now expected to be £800 worse off. the real worry i think for the chancellor is when we had coronavirus he had no choice, he had no choice coronavirus he had no choice, he had no choice other than to spend huge amounts no choice other than to spend huge amounts of no choice other than to spend huge amounts of money. this is a really bil amounts of money. this is a really big decision amounts of money. this is a really big decision
the shadow climate and net zero secretary. good morning. let s start with the cost of good morning. let s start with the cost of living. we have heard about it. cost of living. we have heard about it some cost of living. we have heard about it some of cost of living. we have heard about it. some of the priority is the chancellor has to grapple with. 10 billion chancellor has to grapple with. 10 billion needed for public sector pay rises, billion needed for public sector pay rises, an billion needed for public sector pay rises, an extra 12.5 billion needed for energy rises, an extra 12.5 billion needed for energy bills. what would labour be prioritising? be prioritising? let s start with the energy. be prioritising? let s start with the energy. the be prioritising? let s start with the energy, the area be prioritising? let s start with the energy, the area i - be prioritising? let s start with the energy, the area i cover. l be prioritising? let s start with i the energy