Now lets go over to westminster and join that bbc special on the budget with andrew neil. It is budget day, thejohnson government unveils its new plans, with special emphasis on its new voters in the midlands and the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in the job, the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in thejob, the biggest challenge is the growing Economic Impact of the coronavirus, and what he can do to vaccinate the economy from it. With me for this politics live budget special Political Editor laura kuennssberg, Business Editor simonjack, and economics editor faisal islam. It was meant to be the levelling up budget, to the regions and people that have not done well in the past decade but looks set to be the coronavirus budget. This morning he bank of england has already announced an emergency cut in Interest Rates. The bank of englands role is to help uk businesses and households manage through an economic shock that could prove large and sharp. Meanwhil
After testing positive for coronavirus. The government launches a consultation on decriminalising the non payment of the tv licence fee. More than a0 people are arrested as Police Crackdown on courier fraud, with thousands of victims in the last two years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. In dramatic scenes in the us congress overnight, President Trump has set out his case for another four years in office, and hailed what he called the Great American comeback. Republicans chanted in support at the annual state of the Union Address. But the democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen ripping up her copy of the speech. The economy was at the core of the president s speech. He cited deregulation, tax cuts and new trade agreements as his recipe for prosperity. He also highlighted his success on immigration, saying that the wall along the south border continued to be built. And he outlined how his policies had helped minority groups. It was night of a tension and dr
A generation of children and young coronavirus. Tell us what they have been saying. The 2020 committee have people in health and wellbeing thats the warning from two reports out today. Been saying. The 2020 committee have been saying. The 2020 committee have been saying is that speaking, expressing confidence the games will go ahead, the region badly hit, and its spreading across the world. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. They are essentially trying to reassure and make people aware that they are doing all the right iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. A major new Public Health campaign is being launched this morning to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus. Measures for all the spectators and it comes as more people across the uk are confirmed to have people attending, the torch relay is tested positive for it. Government adverts across print, at the top of the concerns, and they radio, online and billboards will urge people to wash their hands are looking into that. Mea
Previous month in following social distancing have together helped us to bring this virus under control. I commend the statement of the house. Thank you and i thank the home secretary for her statement and advanced we have been calling for sensible, and we it is vital the uk has a plan for minimising the risk of infection is coming into the country but the home secretary must also realise there are a fundamental question she needs to realise she needs to answer. Why these particular measures and why now . From when the lockdown was imposed, only 273 people were formally quarantined from four flights, three from one hand, one from tokyo, when over 18 Million People into the country by air. The home secretaryjust said in her statement this was because domestic transmission was widespread, but this is what the government because my own chief scientific adviser said, and i quote a lot of the cases in the uk didnt come from china, and didnt come from the places you might have expected. They
So there will be that mini debate coming up. Also, there is a hidden city inside new york city, a hidden city with a population bigger than the entire state of vermont and not one president ial candidate has visited the hidden city, even though they have all been invited to. Tonight youll come with me on a visit to that hidden city that most new yorkers see every day, but never enter. But first in a fight over the rules never, and i mean never, bet on the guy who doesnt know the rules. You may have noticed donald is very unhappy. Its a rigged system folks. Its clearly not. The true art of the deal donald is knowing what the deal is. Any time the people vote against donald, he screams the voters are stealing the election. But you cant let the bosses take it away. Youre exchanging tweets with him. Youre tweeting, hes tweeting. I honestly dont take it all that personally. Please join us at the adult table with kasich. Give it to me. Its been a bit of a roller coaster. Wow ugly currents th