In National Insurance, average households are still likely to be worse off at the end of this year than they were five years ago. The Institute For Fiscal Studies also says the budget did not tackle the long Term Economic choices and challenges the country is facing. It accused both the conservative and Labour Parties of a Conspiracy Of Silence in failing to address those challenges. Our chief economics correspondent, dharsini david, is here. Tell us more about what the Institute For Fiscal Studies as saying. In Institute For Fiscal Studies as sa in. ,. , Institute For Fiscal Studies as sa inc. ,. , saying. In the run up to budget, it is u to saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials to saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials to burn i is up to treasury officials to burn the midnight oil and get the details together and now
The exceptional warm weather the world experienced last month did not surprise Climate Scientists. It coincides with a near record increase in Co2 Concentrations in the atmosphere. The link between c02 and rising temperatures is well established and this year Global Temperatures got an extra boost thanks to el nino, which brings warmer water to the surface of parts of the tropical pacific. That explains why february was 1. 77 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures, and why global average temperatures hit a record 1. 55 degrees above preindustrial levels over the last 12 months. It means we have temporarily at least breached the 1. 5 degrees threshold the world agreed to try and limit Temperature Rise to, to avoid the worst impacts of Climate Change. February 2024 was the warmest february on record globally, with an average temperature of 13. 54 degrees, above the 1991 2020 temperature. While this is remarkable, because, for instance, it is a tenth of a degree warmer than the wa
Vaping and smoking, but the Office For Budget Responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. Heres our business correspondent, emma simpson. Did you catch any ofjeremy s budget . It was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party. But was it enough . I think its good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. But then if you think about the Cost Of Living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. Anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, were in a position where were living off savings. I think theyre trying to do it in light of a General Election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit to the country is. The centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to National Insurance, a tax paid by workers. So who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes to tax and thresholds
And the click team visit berlin, where facial Recognition Technology is being trialled by the german government. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has rebuffed calls from some Party Members to promise to keep britain in the european Single Market after brexit. As labours annual Conference Begins in brighton, 30 labour mps are among those who have signed a letter warning vulnerable workers would suffer if the uk left the Single Market. But mr corbyn told the bbc that staying in could hamper the governments ability to protect jobs and to invest in industry. Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports. A spring in his step, no surprise. Labours still riding high after a better than expected election result. No longer fighting for his leadership, Jeremy Corbyn is pitching himself as a Prime Minister in waiting. We need at least two terms of a Labour Government to start to address issues of poverty, injustice and inequality in britain, and to bui
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