Good evening from newcastle, as the dust settles onjeremy hunts budget, quite possibly the last, before the general election. You join us on the citys Iconic Quayside Overlooking the magnificent river tyne, an area steeped in industrial history, and weve been gauging reaction here, to the chancellors plans throughout the day. Among his biggest annoucements, was a cut in 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 overall tax burden, is actually set to reach its highest level for over 70 years. While the government says spending on Public Services will rise by 1 above inflation, some areas could still see cuts in the future. The 0b
Of all the weapons, the reproductions used as props. Prosecutors say she brought a live round on set, put it into that weapon, which went on to kill Halyna Hutchins and injure another crew member. She was convicted on Manslaughter Charges on the basis that she floated basic gun safety procedures, guidelines that basically entail rudimentary checks to ensure the rounds you have just put into a weapon are blanks, not live rounds, and that is basically the basis of the charge. It was noted in court that Hannah Gutierrez reed was an inexperienced armourer, it was only the second film is that she had worked on. The prosecutor in that case in Closing Arguments described constant never ending Safety Failures on the set of rust and gutierrez reeds astonishing lack of diligence with gun safety. Her Defence Lawyers tried to pin the blame on actor alec baldwin. He was of course holding the weapon pointing the gun at Halyna Hutchins when she was killed. Basically, the defence said that he went off
Silva has been watching him in the newsroom, keeping tabs since he started addressing the press. What has he been saying . The biggest theme is presenting china as an International Statesman when it comes to global peace and security. He said it is about a winner when a corporation, that chinas Development Help the rest of the world and that china is interested in creating a shared prosperity with a community for shared future of mankind. He spoke about the progress for the global south. This was in opposition to the way they characterised, what ideals are later on between the relationship of us china, characterising instead that the us has been after for themselves. They say china is willing to improve the dialogue and they talk about hopes after the summit last year in San Francisco of Mutual Respect and peaceful cooperation. They said the hazard some improvements but the us was targeting china and with bewildering levels of ungovernable uncertainty. He also said if the us is pressin
Dog, pom. Pictures here of him out with his dog, poppy, in the early hours near Downing Street. Some nice pictures. The chancellor has promised his plans will stimulate the flagging economy and help family with permanent tax breaks. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. So what could be expected in todays budget . Ben king takes a look. 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 B
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