Its pressure on the nhs which dominates the week. The labour leader mocks theresa may. We know that the Prime Minister recognises there is a crisis in our nhs, because she wanted to sack the Health Secretary last week but was too weak to do it. The Prime Minister defends her health policy. Preparations for winter in the nhs have been more extensive and meticulous than ever before. And is the head of the Energy Regulator ofgem just too laid back . Do you ever roll your sleeves up and really get stuck in, because i dont really see the evidence of that. But first. The government called it winter pressures, the opposition called it a winter crisis. New figures showed that last month 300,000 people had to wait longer than they should have at accident and Emergency Departments in england. These were the worst figures since the targets were introduced in 200a. The labour leader led the attack at Prime Ministers questions. Mr speaker, i know it seems a long time ago, i know it seems a long tim
At their level. Baz. There were more people leaving their jobs at westminster this week as theresa may made some changes to her ministerial team. On tuesday the deputy Political Editor of the bbc john pienaar had a glimpse of the new cabinet. Allowed through the door at number ten today for a quick peek at new look cabinet. Nobody move, almost nobody moved yesterday because theresa may couldnt make them. Where is she . There she is, them. Where is she . There she is, the whole secretary was in the way and wouldnt budge, just like yesterday. But everything went entirely to plan with the reshuffle but did bbc news are fairly portray it as but did bbc news are fairly portray itasa but did bbc news are fairly portray it as a shambles when it wasnt . Roger morton thought so, writing it is no secret that the nhs is under pressure at the moment but just how bad are things in our hospitals . It can help to get some statistics. The instant on waiting times. Only if they are accurate. And twice
Coming down. They havees taken a hit. Accompanied this shift for stocks, or the seeming sentiment. Shift in the bond market as well. We see the 10 year old right 2 . Nd six point as we see some money flight out of stocks. We are seeing a similar situation with bonds. This is the net change in yield for the 5, 10 year yield. Andtwo has seen the biggest the past four months. We have seen that 86 point change there. It has been much more moderate for the longer end of the curve. Now the 10 year is picking up with those changes. Gettingd stocks back to the stoxx for a moment. It has gone on the downside today. Today. Trading it was one of the big winners last year. Merck is facing a potential classaction lawsuit contending they made a deal with the generic drug maker to delay competition for their cholesterol drug. Finally General Electric continuing their slide here as it has been battered over the past few days ill and the breakdown related to the Legacy Health insurance business. We are
In the south of england and its cities like london, and thats where the real focus of the effort needs to go. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Question how do you handle being late . Iam i am thoroughly ashamed at not being in my place, and therefore, i shall be offering my resignation to the Prime Minister. Itjust seemed so disproportionate, offering to quit hisjob, or maybe not. The Prime Minister has refused his resignation. We hope to talk to lord bates on the Programme Today. What did you make of what he did . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Theresa may says she will fight eu proposals to give eu rights residency rise to eu citizens who moved to britain during the transition period. The Prime Minister said there should be a difference between people who arrive in britain before march 2019, when the uk is due to leave th
Im carl quintanilla. First up, the new push for tax reform details public for gop framework. Among the highlights reducing seven brackets down to three, doubling standard deduction, cutting Corporate Tax rate we have Team Coverage from Nations Capital y lan, well start with you. Here it is, corporate rate down 20 , businesses 25 rate. The plan also allows for at least five years of full and immediate expensing. One of the tradeoffs, the ability to deduct interest will be partially limited theres no more detail what that means. The plan has two businesses, r d tax credit and low Income Housing credit reduction for Domestic Production important for manufacturers and get the axe. Under this framework u. S. Would move to territorial tax system two rates for money thats brought back the plan doesnt specify what those rates will be. The one for illiquid assets for cash on the individual side streamline would be 12, 25 and 35 . Lawmakers do have a green light to add a fourth rate at the top.