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
it is not to borisjohnson or to any tory prime minister. and in the us, 100 million people facing heat warnings with extreme fires in arizona, and torrential flooding at yellowstone national park tonight with the context, former senior adviser to george w bush ron christie and the former labour minister and member of parliament caroline flint. the uk government has confirmed that six asylum seekers will be leaving in just over an hour s time to rwanda originally over 100 had been due to fly but legal appeals have steadily brought that number down. the six men will be flown the 4000 miles or 6500 km to rwanda where they will have to make their asylum claims. they may be granted permanent refugee status to stay in rwanda. the government says it brought in the rwanda policy to tackle the trafficking gangs that are bringing ever larger numbers of people across the english channel. so far this year more than 10,000 people have made the dangerous crossing. last november 27 peo
from buckingham palace, or from buckingham palace, you can see there are hu people or you can see there are hundreds of people enjoying celebrations of the platinum jubilee. the illustrator sir quentin blake, broadcaster clare balding and actor damian lewis are among more than 1000 people recognised in the queen s birthday honours list. in other news, johnny depp s seen in a newcastle pub last night, while in the us, his legal team celebrated his defamation win. but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. 70 aircraft have flown over buckingham palace to celebrate the queen s platinum jubilee. buckingham palace to celebrate the fly past began with several royal navy helicopters. a special formation of 15 typhoons then formed the number 70 in honour of the queen s reign. buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew, the duke of york, has tested positive for covid and will no longer attend tomorrow s service of thanksgiving. let s join katty kay on t
Where he told voters that stabilising the economy would be a number one priority. Heres our Political Correspondent helen catt. The Labour Leader arriving at a Football Club in the West Midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a Labour Government would do. Stability is change. Its strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming Labour Government, and that is what will government, and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. It comes as a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the countrys finances if elected. For rishi sunak it was a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. He answered some gentle concerns about his drenching in downing street. It was wet. The amount of people whove given me an umbrella in the last couple of days. But no questions from
Hello, gavin. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Premier league have clubs voted to move a step closer to the possibiliy of bringing in a salary cap. A majority of clubs were in favour of allowing the Premier League to do the final economic and legal analysis of such a model, and draft the rules with the aim of making the competition fairer. Its part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations, which resulted in both Nottingham Forest and everton being deducted points this season. Top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the Television Revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. The next stage will potentially be put to clubs at agm injune. The pfa have said they have always been clear that they would oppose any measure that would place a hard cap on player wages. England Rugby Union International Billy Vunipola has apologised, and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. The bbc understands he was tasered by police on the