who are using the power of boxing to help improve the lives of people with parkinson s. good afternoon. the government has defended its sweeping range of tax cuts from criticism that they favour the better off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny moves the government says will promote growth. the institute for fiscal studies says the richest who pay the most tax will benefit most from a cut. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. it s an all out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market, in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s signalled a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like reversing the national insurance rise? will that help, do you think? i think it probably will help, yes, to a degree, but it depends what bracket you are in in t
world powers condemn the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia the home secretary tells police chiefs that common sense policing must take priority over diversity and inclusion initiatives as she sets out her priorities for her crime cutting agenda. hello and welcome. the government has defended its sweeping range of tax cuts from criticism that they favour the better off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny moves the government say will promote growth. the institute for fiscal studies says the richest who pay the most tax will benefit most. our political correspondent helen catt reports. it s an all out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s signalled a massive shift in political direction.
changed so quickly! hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s releases is, as you see, mark kermode. hi, mark. hi. what have you been watching? well, as always a very mixed bag. we have where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of a very popular novel. we have she will, which is the feature debut from charlotte colbert. and kurt vonnegut: unstuck in time, a documentary about the american writer. good old mixture there, yes. yes. so, where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of the deep south novel which became a publishing sensation millions and millions of copies sold. this is adapted by lucy alibar, who is best known for beasts of the southern wild. one of the producers is reese witherspoon, so very, very good pedigree. yes. daisy edgar jones is kya, who is called the marsh girl . she grew up amidst the marshes of the deep south, fending for herself, understanding nature. at the beginning of the film, we s
at the age of 91. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen s coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. it was flown from edinburgh airport landing at raf northolt west of london a few hours ago accompanied all the way by her daughter, princess anne. despite the pouring rain, huge crowds lined the roads on the 22 kilometre journey into london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen s hearse pass by. on wednesday, her coffin will travel to westminster hall, where she will lie in state. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. and so, to london, on a dull september evening in an aircraft of the royal air force with the callsign kitty hawk, the callsign of any military aircraft carrying her majesty the queen. waiting on the tarmac, a very new british prime minister, in the dark clothes of mourning, just as there had been all those years ago when winston churchill had been at anothe