Will save the average worker about £75. But is that the budget rabbit that conservative backbenchers were after . The answer plainly is no, but the truth is, there was simply not enough money to deliver the cut in income tax they had demanded. After the measures announced today, the Office For Budget Responsibility estimated the chancellor has just £8. 9 billion of headroom left, down from the 13 billion he had in the autumn statement. That the second smallest on record, yet the chancellor gave us a relatively optimistic view of the economy, after covid, a war in europe, and the damage inflicted on the british economy economy this, he said, was a budget for long term growth. Todays obr forecast also shows that we have made Good Progress on the Prime Ministers three economic priorities. Compared to when the three pledges were made, inflation has halved, debt is falling in line with our fiscal rules, and growth is fully 1. 5 Percentage Points higher than predicted. Clamouring. And as g
Ministers questions. It is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. He has vacated the chair for the Deputy Speaker. She will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his Budget Statement. He will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for Aboutan Hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. We will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the Chief Secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the Treasury Team and her shadow for labour. Here isjeremy hunt. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the Prime Minister reminded us of the Prime Minister reminded us of the need the Fight Extremism and heal divisions. I start today by r
later this hour, for now, let s go to rosy flores. it s a little grainy, a little difficult to make out, but my goodness, what it tells you is these migrants were the folks who were waiting here on the side of the street there, really didn t have any chance whatsoever to get out of the way, it happened that fast. reporter: it was so fast. and i talked to the director of the shelter. he says that he was able to capture a different angle from his shelter, and he says what he witnessed happened at about 8:30 central time this morning. he said that it captured about 20 to 25 migrants who had just minxed breakfast at the shelter and had crossed the street and were sitting on a curb waiting for a bus. then the video shows a 2007 range rover at a very high rate of speed ran the red light and hit the curb about 30 feet from where the migrants were and the vehicle got out of control. this director said some of the migrant witnesses say it looked like an intentional act. i asked him
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and lebron. that s more plagy making you get to watch and watch these amazing athletes continue to play. we ll be watching. we ll be rooting for seven games, thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. the leader of russia s wagner group said he is pulling his troops out of bakhmut, that key ukraine cran city. these men here who died today. they re out by the middle of next week just after a very important date of the russian calendar, victory day on may the 9th. police in california have arrested a former uc davis student accused of stabbing three people, killing two of them. these crimes were horrific. we hope that the announcement provides some level of relief. dominguez could be arraigned in court as early as monday. protests in support of neely have called for answers. there could have been somebody there to help him. he should still be alive today. there have to be consequences. his family deserves justice. supposed to use intelligence and c