But a report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission says while Uk Government policies have contributed to the pressure, much of it comes from the Scottish Governments own decisions. Heres our scotland editorjames cook. This is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. A Community Centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. And yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. Prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and The Cost Of Living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. I must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024 25. And i call. There is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the Proceeds Of Offshore Wind and publicly owned scottish w
I have to be ok you are watching this story june 27th tina Grenfell Tower fire cured 72 people this week a Public Inquiry resumed after taking a break for covert 19 your downs in the u. K. So what will to do on todays program is find out how is the investigation going and will the people who were around when its how are the survivors the families the community will they see justice for granted. Im going to say hello to the guest the guests were introduce themselves to new hello say tell everybody you have. Hello im celeste matter im a barrister by some expertise in human rights law criminal law and also fire regulation law by advise fire brigades and also advise companies in relation to fire good to have you in todays conversation and i like a great to have you on the strange introduce yourself i important in this conversation go ahead thank you for having me on the hip hop artist and political campaigner our witness the fire i live next door to the tower and our lost friend of mine an
Away and we should have that understanding and that sympathy of oui understanding and that sympathy of our responsibility to ensure eve ryo ne our responsibility to ensure everyone is able to live in safety, where ever they are in this country. 72 people lost their lives on that night injune 72 people lost their lives on that night in june 2017. 72 people lost their lives on that night injune 2017. If that situation rocked the community and shocks the whole country. And it brought together help from lots and lots of people, local churches, mosques, synagogues, people from Different Community organisations, and people rushed to grenfell and as the fire was still blazing, with gifts of food and toys and support and so on. That understanding, that simple Human Understanding of so many people are something that i think we have to cherish and begin to understand. Because there is a natural human instinct to help people and thats what was demonstrated and i cannot forget going there straight
To take on south africa in the World Cup Final. And coming up at quarter to 8 shaun ley delves into viewers comments on bbc news coverage, in this weeks newswatch. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union and form an alliance with his party, in the upcoming general election. Speaking at his campaign launch, he said hed field a candidate in every seat in britain, if the Prime Minister didnt drop his brexit plans which he described as a sell out. Today, mrjohnson said in an interview with the bbc that doing deals with other parties, would put Jeremy Corbyn into number 10. More on that shortly, but first, heresjohn pienaar. The biggest grin in politics but what has he got to smile about . Nigel farages party is trailing in the polls but still grabbing tory votes. So his ultimatum to borisjohnson today, drop your deal, leave the brexit party to fight labour in many leave voting areas, or we will take
Of brexit and failed to come to a conclusion. So that conclusion will now be for all of us to decide what we make of them. Well, with me now, a man who can expect to be almost as busy as the candidates, rick bailey, the bbc chief political adviser. Rick, thank you very much for coming into the newswatch studio. Youve been with us before but, of course, elections is really the time when you come into your own and the guidelines come into their own the bbcs fabled election guidelines. How much are they about preventing broadcasters from making mistakes . The guidelines are specific to each election and are thought about in the context of each election. And of course. You dontjust take them off the shelf and dust them down every four years . We think about each election. Or every two years at the moment . Exactly. We think about each election and we think about the context of that election and, of course, at the heart of them is often the Different Levels of coverage youre going to give t