Further evidence about the manner in which of supervision and after care of Child Migrants, and the debates and grounds are concerned within volu nta ry and grounds are concerned within voluntary organisations. During that hearing you will hear from representatives of the key institutions and organisations involved in the Child Migration programmes. We expect you will hear further evidenced in part two from Oliver Cosgrove and david hill and octagon free is, who will give further evidence about what she has described as early warnings and missed opportunities and doctor humphreys. The experts will also impart to provide more evidence about reports of sexual abuse at several specific institutions, about issues of knowledge and response more generally. Turning briefly to some logistical issues about the evidence, as you have said it is anticipated some evidence will be live, someone will be read, someone will be by video link. It is anticipated the majority of questioning of witnesses li
Were live until am this morning. What does the budget mean for you . In half an hour, well be answering your questions, so please do get in touch with anything you want to know about your family or business finances. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an Election Pledge by increasing National Insurance contributions for many Self Employed workers. After his budget announcement, Philip Hammond is facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan from some conservative mps. The treasury has rejected calls for a re think, insisting the increase will make the National Insurance system fairer. Lets get more on this from our political guru, norman smith. How much pressure is he under . Huge pressure. It is notjust mr hammond has broken the conservative Party Election manifesto, many tories oppose on principle a tax rise on peoples income, but more than that, they belie
there you can see with a prominent picture of the prime minister and the question, do you think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? rishi sunak doesn t. now conservatives have criticised it. others in labour have criticised it as well. the shadow former shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, calling for it to be taken down. of course he s not someone who s associated with the labour leadership at the moment under sir keir starmer. but interestingly yesterday the shadow culture secretary, lucy powell, distanced herself somewhat when being interviewed on bbc breakfast from the ad itself, but said she stood by the message that it was aiming to get across. so a lot of political discussion about this and perhaps unsurprisingly, because local elections looming next month across england and crime, law and order is one subject which both main parties will be keen to press hone their message on. can we talk about the figures then that labour have used in this? i see
everyone responsible for child abuse should get a custodial sentence, why are so many not getting that? here s the prime minister, she said. and that s a legitimate question for the opposition to ask. she said that while some people had decided that the ad was racist, she believed that they were wrong. so bbc news online, you can take a look at the post itself, which has attracted so much attention. there you can see with a prominent picture of the prime minister and the question, do you think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? rishi sunak doesn t. now conservatives have criticised it. others in labour have criticised it as well. the shadow former shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, calling for it to be taken down. of course he s not someone who s associated with the labour leadership at the moment under sir keir starmer. but interestingly yesterday the shadow culture secretary, lucy powell, distanced herself somewhat when being interviewed
on the labour side, you mention the conservative criticism there. the former shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said that his party is better than this and this morning, and breakfast, the shadow culture secretary lucy powell was repeatedly asked whether she stood by the central claim in that tweet. i can see that it is not to everybody s taste, absolutely, and that some everybody s taste, absolutely, and that some people won t like it. i that some people won t like it. i didh t that some people won t like it. i didn t design the graphic. it s not ididn t design the graphic. it s not my i didn t design the graphic. it s not my graphic, but i am here to explain not my graphic, but i am here to explain what lies beneath it, which is a very explain what lies beneath it, which is a very serious point about what is a very serious point about what is happening in our criminaljustice system. is happening in our criminaljustice system, which i think most of your viewers system, which i