Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
Im going to let my massage people do their thing, im going to come aggregate is a new race. I had nice warm welcome, and that is always nice and exciting, because, when the crowd is excited, im excited. His compatriot crowd is excited, im excited. His compatriot also won his heat. Lyles compatriot Christian Coleman who is world record holder in this event, also won his heat, eight tenths of a second faster than lyles. Britainsjemma reekie ran the 800 metres in under two minutes for the first time indoors as she won her heat to qualify for the semi finals. However fellow Briton Izzy Boffey failed to advance, after coming fourth in her heat. The european indoorfour hundred metres champion Karsten Warholm will be looking to add the world title to his Medal Collection after qualifying for the semi finals. The norwegian is also the olympic and World Champion in the four hundred metres hurdles. And canadas sarah mitton won the first gold, with victory in the shot put by a margin ofjust 3 cen
And extend their lead at the top. In the womens super league, Everton Score a cracker against Manchester City. Also coming up on sportsday. Well have all the latest at the World Athletics Indoor Championships as home Favouritejemma Reekie makes it through to the 800m final. Hello there, and welcome along to the programme. A day of drama in the football to come, but we start with formula one, and the season opening bahrain grand prix. With all the drama off the track for red bull, the team and defending champion Max Verstappen picked up where they left off last season. Verstappen leading his teammate in a dominant win. Our correspondent laura scott reports. If there is one person keen to get a grip on the narrative, it is christian horner, having spent weeks denying allegations of inappropriate behaviour, he arrived for the first race flanked by his wife and former spice girl geri horner. A display of unity in the desert amid the drama. It is light out and away we go who better to diffu
but in the end gb coming out on top for a first gold in the classification. and shortly after that, giles scott defended his title in the men s finn. that s six consecutive gold medals in that class for gb. and there was a silver to add to the tally on the water with anna burnet and john gimson getting second place in the mixed nacra 17 class. team gb has a new star on the track 19 year old keely hodgkinson who took silver in the women s 800 metres, against a really tough field. she managed to finish second behind america s athing mo in a time of1 minute, 55.88 seconds. britain sjemma reekie finished 4th, with alex bell in 7th. but the brilliant run from hodgkinson was a new british record, beating dame kelly holmes s previous best. i m speechless right now. obviously kelly is a legend. she will be a legend of british athletics for a long time. i have looked up to her.