Economy and help families with permanent tax breaks. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. Ben king reports. The background to todays budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. But it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. The conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking Forjeremy Hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester, a seat the Lib Dems Hope to win. So what do people here think about tax cuts . I think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. Realistically, people arent going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in Public Services means Better Health care services. Itsjust much more important. I would prefer not to have a tax cut, but to see more money invested in the community. If the Public Services were properly organised, theres more than enough money to do it
on her knee injury but will she be ok for the world cup? also coming up on sportsday. a huge scalp taken in the world snooker championship seven time winner ronnie o sullivan is out. we ll show you how belgian luca brecel beat him. plus, emma raducanu is out the madrid open and it could seriously impact her world ranking. welcome to the programme. it s been billed as the title decider and while tonights match between manchester city and arsenal won t crown them champions it will change the dynamic of the league. if city win they will be just two points behind arsenal with two games in hand. if arsenal win, then they will go eight points clear at the top of the table. patrick geary reports. commentator: another arsenal win. the champions have come here to the emirates and they have won. what a significant moment this could be for arsenal! a 10th win in a row for manchester city. a missed opportunity for arsenal. only time will tell howi pivotal tonight will be. in
Of White Supremacists some giving nazi salutes held A Torch Lit Rally yesterday at the University Of Virginia to protest against a decision to remove a statue of the confederate civil war general, robert e lee. A local State Of Emergency has been declared in two districts. In the past hour, President Trump spoke to the media about the events in cha rlottesville. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and filers on many sides. And filers. It has been going on for a long time. It has no place in america. What is vital now isa place in america. What is vital now is a Swift Restoration Of Law And Order and the protection of lives. On the line is the bbcs joel gunter, whos been at that rally today. Things had calmed but we have had news of that horrific Car Ploughing into people and we understand one person has lost their life. What else do we know . That is about all we know. I was down at the scene earlierjust we know. I was down at the scene
And thousands of extra police. The city of hull becomes the uks second City Of Culture, were there live to see how organisers plan to transform it. It all starts right here at 4pm this afternoon and this evening there will be a Firework Display with biggerfireworks than will be a Firework Display with bigger fireworks than the ones last night in london. Meanwhile, they are getting ready to sing, dance, shake and much our way into 2017 with the massive london new years day parade. In sport, premier League Leaders chelsea beat stoke. The blues have now equalled arsenals record of 13 consecutive wins in a single season. And matt has the weather. 2017 opened up cold and sunny to the northern half of the uk, cloudy, wet and increasingly cold further south. 0n the details coming up in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. At least 39 people have been killed, and many more injured, in an attack on a nightclub in the turkish city of istanbul. At least a dozen of the victims are k
And thousands of extra police. The city of hull becomes the uks second City Of Culture, were there live to see how organisers plan to transform it. It all starts right here at 4pm this afternoon and this evening there will be a Firework Display with biggerfireworks than will be a Firework Display with bigger fireworks than the ones last night in london. Meanwhile, they are getting ready to sing, dance, shake and much our way into 2017 with the massive london new years day parade. In sport, premier League Leaders chelsea beat stoke. The blues have now equalled arsenals record of 13 consecutive wins in a single season. And matt has the weather. 2017 opened up cold and sunny to the northern half of the uk, cloudy, wet and increasingly cold further south. 0n the details coming up in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. At least 39 people have been killed, and many more injured, in an attack on a nightclub in the turkish city of istanbul. At least a dozen of the victims are k