Vaping and smoking, but the Office For Budget Responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. Heres our business correspondent, emma simpson. Did you catch any ofjeremy s budget . It was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party. But was it enough . I think its good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. But then if you think about the Cost Of Living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. Anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, were in a position where were living off savings. I think theyre trying to do it in light of a General Election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit to the country is. The centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to National Insurance, a tax paid by workers. So who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes to tax and thresholds
Assessment of last nights by election result. George by election result. George galloway many people found his divisive form of politics utterly offensive , but he did utterly offensive, but he did storm to victory. Clearly, storm to victory. Clearly, people arent keen on voting for the main parties anymore. What do you think this says about the state of our democracy . Is this a one off . Is this a one off for the likes of George Galloway, or could this be replicated across the country come a general election . And whats keir starmer to do . Will he change his approach to israel palestine , to the war in gaza off the back of this result, or will he stick to what hes doing so far . Stick to what hes doing so far . Could there be further rebellions from within his party over this issue . Should any election in this country, any by election a local election, be centred around a foreign conflict that we are not directly involved in . What does that say to . And also postal votes, postal v
To resign due to the scandal surrounding his hospitalization, his press secretary announced. At the same time, the department could not give the exact date of discharge of its head. A few days ago, loit austin was admitted to the hospital with complications after surgery. According to media reports, information about this was classified. Even his right hand deputy minister Kathleen Hicks found out about this only after she had already been acting as her boss for 2 days. However, how she managed this is also a big question, since she was on vacation these days. The us president and secretary of state were also unaware that the head of the Defense Department had been out of business for some time; the lack of transparency caused a scandal in political circles. Germany is on the barricades; farmers across the country are on strike, demanding the return of diesel fuel subsidies and tax breaks. Government before the holidays, i decided to replenish the treasury by canceling these benefits,
Have a figure of 25 , a good 2 above what they said, ford said they would go over. They said their bottom line was 23 , so what more can you tell us about the deal . This has been a can you tell us about the deal . Ti 3 has been a Nightmare Strike can you tell us about the deal . Ti 1 has been a Nightmare Strike for ford and still aunties, and it rips the band aid off and 25 originally 40 was on the table, and knock it back to the factories and Start Building the electric vehicles, and this is a pivotal time and investors will like the structure of this deal given how bad it could have been. Bad it could have been. These are lea bad it could have been. These are legacy carmakers bad it could have been. These are legacy carmakers and bad it could have been. These are legacy carmakers and yes bad it could have been. These are legacy carmakers and yes there | bad it could have been. These are. Legacy carmakers and yes there is bad it could have been. These are i legacy carmakers and yes t
This came through in the early hours, a release for forward, not signed and sealed but it would seem tough negotiations have ended in an agreement. Good morning. Thank you for having me. This is good for the workers, this deal, because it is a 25 Wage Increase for workers, a Reference Point for the other Car Companies that are still striking and i think there is a lot of pressure to negotiate with workers and come up negotiate with workers and come up with a deal because the financial cost to the company to simply huge. We originally had the Third Quarter results from General Motors and they say the strikes so far have cost 800 million, a big hit in their profitability and the overall estimate for the strikes so far is nearly 2 billion. It is costing. Absolutely, they had to try to come to some agreement quickly. As you say, it was costing these car makers huge sums of money. Also installing production, impacting supply of new cars, at a time when the us economy is really trying to get