Good evening, thank you forjoining us tonight. 41 people have died after their small boat capsized as they were trying to make the crossing from tunisia to italy, the latest in a string of tragic incidents in the mediterranean. Joining me on our panel for the next hour is the political Sketch Writer tom peck and victoria coates, former Senior Energy adviser to the trump administration. Also on the programme, joe biden is expected to issue an Executive Order banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, escalating washingtons efforts to Prevent Beijing from developing Cutting Edge Technology for its military. Well get reaction from two congressmen that sit on the select committee on china. Its been one year Sincejoe Biden launched his plan to boost the Us Semiconductor industry. We will check in with a member of the chips team to see if the promises have been met. And if you are the type of person struggling to get in your 10,000 steps a da
Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
they? forso companies have a dilemma, don t they? for so long, companies have a dilemma, don t they? forso long, governments haven t met their spending commitments. did they invest now in the next generations of weapons when they don t know how long the war might last? might last? exactly. first, thanks for havin: might last? exactly. first, thanks for having me- might last? exactly. first, thanks for having me. i might last? exactly. first, thanks for having me. i think might last? exactly. first, thanks for having me. i think they re - for having me. i think they re looking at stuff like many european companies. the concern is that all attention is on ukraine and nato members are talking about reaching the spending target that lots of countries have field to do. the big question is what will happen five or ten years down the line. the general who heads us forces to put together a report. in terms of where its focus will be, how in arms itself, what would you expect to
do need to reflect, president erdogan can t make a decision on his own. he now refers it on to parliament, who has to then pass it. but he has agreed to work with parliament to make sure that does happen. it s interesting when you look at some of these issues that erdogan previously raised things like pkk, a group that he and many of you as a terrorist organisation, saying sweden wasn t doing enough many view. there s issues around things like fighterjets to resume herfinished resume purchase from the us. with the issue ofjoining the us. with the issue ofjoining the eu, it took a separate organisation, was thrown into the mix as well. all those issues feeding into the potential delay in accession, but we don t know the details of how exactly, but it seems sweden will go the way of finland. during those, both countries spoke at the same time. life spoke to the finnish foreign minister, and she told me she always viewed this very much as a joint process. it was sweden a
is this a moment of jeopardy for rishi sunak? tonight, the prime minister has lost two deputy chairman and one ministerial aid, and 58 of his own mps voted against him. has he lost his grip on his party? i ve been talking to one mp on the right of the party who defied the three line whip today. if we don t succeed in making the bill work and providing an effective deterrent that stops people setting off across the english channel illegally, then we will not be able to win the election. so, how much trouble is the pm s flagship policy in, if any? we ll discuss with two people in the know. also tonight, donald trump was the runaway winner of the iowa caucus. is he invincible? what donald trump has achieved here is remarkable. he is a phenomenon, especially when you consider that his attempt to overturn an election and unprecedented legal troubles do not seem to have dented the devotion of his supporters. and a mea culpa from fujitsu. we did have bugs and errors in the system, a