But a report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission says while Uk Government policies have contributed to the pressure, much of it comes from the Scottish Governments own decisions. Heres our scotland editorjames cook. This is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. A Community Centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. And yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. Prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and The Cost Of Living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. I must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024 25. And i call. There is also 800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means 500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the Proceeds Of Offshore Wind and publicly owned scottish water
Worlds worst humanitarian crisis as we speak to the un in yemen the cemeteries are overflowing the country bombed with u. K. Weapons from u. K. Warplanes trained by the u. K. s Royal Air Force all the some more coming up in todays going on the ground but 1st once upon a time there was a u. K. Government official who told the truth arguably to the public about a risk to Public Health and i had to resign for it joins me now via skype from. Minutes Edwina Currie and we did thanks for coming on obviously a terrible death toll being announced the highest in the World Capital but everything here is about Dominic Cummings horizontals job advice do you think specially after a tweet from the Civil Service that apparently theres an inquiry into Cummings Johnson theyre all a bit naive in the sense that even after a landslide victory they thought that they could get bricks its done my impression is that everyone in this country has behaved very well would lock down that best. Or at least most peop
Start thinking creatively and sensibly as a statesman about the crisis he is creating. The solution, i believe, is to go back and ask the public what it is they want. At the moment, he is trying to pull the United Kingdom out of the eu without a deal. Something that was never contemplated or put forward by leavers in 2016 and he is trying to do it in leavers in 2016 and he is trying to do itina leavers in 2016 and he is trying to do it in a way that causes maximum damage to the country. It is unacceptable and he should stop doing it and consider having a referendum. If he cannot dom doing it and consider having a referendum. If he cannot do if he does argue that he is listening to the will of the people and is going to ignore the law, can he, as a sitting Prime Minister, be arrested . Yes, of course you can, he is a subject of the law as anybody else. It would be a contempt of Court Hearing because he has not carried out the instructions of the government, which by then it will have co
Ashes. Australia have already reclaim the urn but if england could them win by a wicket. He has gone pull something out of the bag, they forjust 20. Them win by a wicket. He has gone for just 20. Stokes them win by a wicket. He has gone forjust 20. Stokes was brought into this match as a specialist batsmen could even level the tie. Because he has a shoulder injury so thanks. Cannot bowl at the moment. England darren has the weather. We re cannot bowl at the moment. England were doing so well, digging in, that could be a Storm Brewing down building up the runs, hoping to to the middle of the bahamas. We level the five test series. It is to will look at that later. Also the one to australia. They have tropical influence some of us are already retained the ashes. England have lost three wickets on this feeling today. Really . 0k, see you first day of the final ashes test. Later on. It is first day of the final ashes test. It is too one to australia. Joe denly went forjust 18, also coming
Ive looked carefully at mobile, that outcome would be a failure for which we would all be responsible. If there is no deal, it will cause severe destruction of the british and irish people alike, not so much oii and irish people alike, not so much on the continent. And whatever happens, we will have to get back to the negotiating table quite quickly. And, todays other main story, British Airways pilots begin a two day strike over pay and conditions, affecting 1700 flights. Its five oclock. Were live at westminster, where the latest twist in the Political Drama happened a short while ago, when the speaker, john bercow, announced he would stand down at the end of this parliament or the end of october, whicever is earlier. Later tonight, parliament will be suspended, or prorogued to use the formal term, for five weeks. In the next few hours mps are expected, once again, to turn down borisjohnsons call for a general election. If they do, a poll would not then be possible, until late novemb