Tomorrow will be the last time the chancellor brandishes the budget red box outside number 11 before the election. Will there be any surprises inside . It is the eve of what is probably the governments last set piece before a general election, and speculation over tax cuts surroundsjeremy hunts budget. I asked rishi sunak ally, the former minister liam fox, whther it was time to unfreeze Tax Thresholds. Well, if i had my choice and if i were the chancellor, tomorrow that is what i would be doing. Well be asking labours Shadow Minister For Industry and decarbonisation whether a Labour Government would change the fiscal rules in order to cut taxes . Also tonight. It looks like its going to be a pretty Super Tuesday for donald trump, so can anyone or anything stop him in his tracks on the way to the republican nomination . Music the latest production at the birmingham rep. After Birmingham Council cuts its Culture Budget to zero, is austerity for the arts coming to a town near you . Well
cocaine scandal at the white house. and now the secret service just wrapped its investigation into the matter without even naming a suspect. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. mike, great to have you here today. mike: great to be working with you. this is america reports, the conclusion of that probe comes 11 days after cocaine was found. located inside a heavily trafficked lobby where staff go in and out and tour groups gather to drop their phones and other belongings. and despite surveillance footage of the area, and an fbi crime lab analysis, investigators couldn t find a single suspect in the case? mike: ari fleischer joins us coming up. the secret service says it s because it was awaiting the fbi test results of fingerprint and dna analysis to see if they could determine who brought the cocaine into the west wing. tests came back without any results. so now the secret service says it has wrapped up the investigation. we got a statement from
the ccp, but they ll barelyrn return the. the phone calls coming from across town from these gop leaders. then next week, kerry is traveling to push his global climate framework that the green radicals are desperate to establish . all of course, it s all a sickening up and it ss a completeicited humiliation for the united states after china not only has beent harassing our aircraft ia international waters, but also hacking our government s emails. this hack only wa this hace to gain access to the unclassified side of us systems, but it did provide them with some insights wos leag into the secretary of state s visit. secretary of commerce gina raimondo, who is also compromised in this hack. money she is planning to visit beijing in the coming monthswho you can t make this up,nningo right? and for doing her this favor ofo hacking or emails. a is of course, they ve invited her to join the parade of biden officials to prostrate themselves on a visit there. it s a dream
toyota. it is sounding bullish and has raised its annual net profit forecast reporting strong sales in all regions. the global shortage of semiconductors has eased and the car giant says it s on course for a record net profit this financial year of $30 billion. many car makers struggled because of a global chip shortage caused by increased demand and disrupted supply chains during the covid pandemic. toyota has also faced a safety test certification scandal at one of its major subsidiaries, daihatsu, which has led to production shutdowns at several factories. joining me now is anna marie baisden head of autos & infrastructure at fitch solutions. good to see you. when you look at the facts, the numbers and projections, it is looking very strong, but you read between the lines. tell us what we need to know. i the lines. tell us what we need to know. ~ ., , , ., the lines. tell us what we need to know. ~ . , , ., to know. i think, as you said, it is very to know. i think, a
relationship rock solid . police say further inquiries are taking place into whether a bbc presenter alleged to have paid a teenager for explicit photos committed a criminal offence. the kremlin says the wagner boss, yevgeny prigozhin, met vladimir putin five days after he led a failed mutiny. the un s weather agency says it is extremely worried about record high temperatures recorded around the world. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. let s bring you up to speed with wimbledon, as the tournament enters the second week. novak djokovic and daniil medvedev are through to the quarter finals, medvedev progressing by virtue of his opponent retiring. he was two sets up at the time. the women s champion elena rybkahina also through without needed to complete her match. chetan pathak is there for us. djokovic dropped one set, but looking in good shape to retain his title here. and potentially level that famou