Hello there, welcome to newcastle, on the Dayjeremy Hunt delivered his budget, in what is almost certainly, a general election year. Were on the citys Iconic Quayside Overlooking the magnificent river tyne, an area steeped in industrial history, and weve been gauging reaction, to the chancellors plans. Among todays annoucements, the government is to cut National Insurance, by 2p in the pound for employees and the Self Employed. Full Child Benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent, is getting up to £60,000. The current limit is £50,000. And, the non dom tax regime, for uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be replaced with new rules, from april next year. Well, the office for budget responsibility, says the average tax payer, is going to pay more in the coming years. It predicts 37 pence of every pound will go in tax by 2029, which would be the highest level since 1948. While the government says public spending on some services will rise by 1
And victory for Novak Djokovic at the us open as he equals margaret courts all time record of 2a major Singles Titles. And coming up on bbc news we look ahead to wales against latvia in riga. A win is all but essential for rob pages side as they try to automatically qualify for next summers euros. The Retailer Wilko is set disappear from uk high streets, after a rescue deal for the chain collapsed over the weekend. All of its 400 Stores Across the uk will close by early october, the gmb union has said. It was hoped that a bid from the Billionaire Owner of hmv would save 300 shops, but rising costs complicated the deal. It leaves the future of more than 12,000 workers and hundreds of stores uncertain. 0ur Cost Of Living correspondent Colletta Smith has been speaking to shoppers in greater manchester. They always had the stuff in there and it was good stuff. Im just gutted. In and it was good stuff. Im ust cutted. ,. , gutted. In the corner of this showing gutted. In the corner of this S
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