and back on the prowl how come wolves have returned to belgium after a century. hello and welcome to the programme. it isa it is a very big day for the chancellor today, jeremy hunt. it is the budget of course. free childcare for working parents in england is expected to be expand to cover one and two year olds, in jeremy hunt s first budget as chancellor. currently, only working parents with three and four year olds are eligible for 30 hours of free childcare per week. the plans are part of a uk government drive to encourage more people back to work, to boost economic growth. ben king reports. for lauren from south london, being a working mum is a constantjuggle. forthree being a working mum is a constantjuggle. for three days constant juggle. for three days a constantjuggle. for three days a week, she looks after eight year olds zane while she works from home. on the other two days, she spends an hour or more travelling to nursery. the nursery near more travelling to nur
and two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar, concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation. italy has never had a female prime minister but exit polls suggest that is about to change with the far right brothers of italy emerging as the biggest party, with giorgia meloni set to be in charge. her party leans further to the right than any since benito mussolini s 80 years ago. the democratic party have already conceded, and in her first speech, have already conceded, and in herfirst speech, giorgia meloni said the voters have expressed desire for a centre right government. i expressed desire for a centre-right government. i “ust wish centre-right government. i ust wish to comment i centre-right government. i ust wish to comment on i centre-right government. i ust wish to comment on the h centre-right government. i just wish to comment on the par- centre-right government. i just | wish to comment on the par stay rather quickly. tomorrow wil
borrowing. super typhoon noru sweeps through the philippines capital, manila bringing winds of up to 175 kph. i evacuated the house i m living in because i m scared. the floods there get really high and i don t want a repeat of what happened to me before. cubans give their verdict on legalising same sex marriage and whether gay couples can adopt in a landmark referendum that s divided the nation. and less than two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar, concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation. italy has never had a female prime minister. but exit polls suggest that is about to change, with the far right brothers of italy emerging as the biggest party in the new parliament, and putting its leader giorgia meloni on course to become the prime minister. her party leans further to the right than any government since that of mussolini 80 years ago. the opposition democratic party have already conceded, and she said the voters had indicated
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you will see it like never before. tonight with the context, the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake, and the former uk ambassador to paris and national security advisor, lord peter ricketts. hello, welcome to the programme. it s hard to overstate how poorly the british government s fiscal event on friday has been received by financial markets. nothing in recent history compares with the price moves we have seen since. not brexit, not covid, 9/11 not even the uk s ejection from the exchange rate mechanism. the pound has slumped to its lowest ever level against the dollar. and the rate on short term gilts is now higher than italy or greece. 0rdinarily, tax cuts to promote growth might be welcomed by the city, when they are properly costed. but the government s critics would say that if there s no framework for the size of borrowing, nor any timeframe established to deliver the growth the treasury is chasing, then don t be surprised if markets are spooked. s