it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had already b
time, the risks would have been reduced. i think the scandal here is that, basically, motorways have been expanded on the cheap and safety considerations have not always been at the top of the agenda. the transport select committee said these new smart waterways allow 1600 vehicles every hour to travel, and it s vital on busy days. this was vital to ease congestion, to allow people to get around faster and more easily. is there a better way to do this? ., , easily. is there a better way to do this? . , ., , ., this? certainly we would question whether smart this? certainly we would question whether smart motorways - this? certainly we would question i whether smart motorways worked this? certainly we would question i whether smart motorways worked in terms of congestion. all our surveys show almost 40% of drivers do not use the inside lane which would have been the hard shoulder on smart motorways because they are petrified that there may be a broken down vehicle ahead so y
For Public Services or pensions. So that was the chancellor on National Insurance and interestingly when asked about another tax increase we have seen, the freezing of thresholds, its quite complicated but as peoples salaries go complicated but as peoples salaries 9 up, complicated but as peoples salaries go up, and you pay certain levels of tax and it is frozen, when salaries go tax and it is frozen, when salaries 9 up tax and it is frozen, when salaries go up people are paying more tax and that looks to what has been leading to fiscal drag. He did not commit the chancellor to unfreezing those thresholds any earlier than 2028 which is the current projected plan. That will lead some to suggest that the tax cutting is a bit selective when it comes to the conservative but the key thing the chancellor was trying to do was set eight a Dividing Line for the election and he produced this document claiming labour would have to increase tax because of a spending commitment. Weve been through i
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