Finances were in a dire state. Hang on. There was this 22 Billion black hole. We spend 1200 Billion billion black hole. We spend i200 billion pounds every year in this 22 Billion so called black hole, a mere accounting device. In this whole debate, what the Labour Government are trying to do was to make the political point that the Conservative Party ran the country into the ground and therefore weve got to punish therefore weve got to punish the pensioners. It is absolute and complete rubbish. And what those we represent cant understand, these people who worked hard all their lives, have done their bit for the country, their total package is perhaps 13 or 14,000 a year. What they cant understand is that this so called saving of public money is actually going to go to Train Drivers who own 70,000 a year. Theyjust dont understand it. So for god sake, lets have a serious debate. Lets try to unite on this issue and lets not keep taking away benefits from people just above the Pension Cred
it s important to say that we aren t taking decisions away from local authorities. these will remain decisions for local authorities. but the point is, we aren t going to say one objector stops a wind farm. the other thing we re going to do is, we are going to say to local people, here s our guarantee. if you build. if clean energy infrastructure is built in your area, you will get the benefit. and with gb energy, our publicly owned energy company, we ll actually work with local authorities to build the clean infrastructure and give local people money off their bills, council tax discounts, cash to tackle the cost of living crisis. sorry, you re going to give them cash, are you, if they say yes to an onshore wind farm? yes, that s one of the things that could be done. this will be done in partnership with local authorities. we want them to feel the benefit. the international energy agency, the global authority, says there should be no new oil and gas licences. they ve said that from 20
ahead of a match billed as the premier league title decider. manchester city welcome arsenal here later. the winners will know the title will be in their hands. and how does your garden grow? researchers call for council tax discounts for home owners who ditch artificial grass and block paving. good morning. it is going to be fairly cloudy across western, central and southern areas, with some spots of drizzle and hill fog. further north and east, something brighter with some sunny intervals and a few showers. details coming up. good morning. it s wednesday, the 26th of april. the first evacuation flights carrying british nationals to safety from sudan have arrived in cyprus. so far, two raf planes have touched down in larnaca, and the government has said that