thing just to bear in mind, some good news for once on the economic front, the government thinks it has less space it needs to make up now to balance the books, and that might mean that the picture we get from the government is a bit less bleak. thank you very much, nick. politicians in northern ireland have until midnight tonight to restore the power sharing executive or face new elections. members of the northern ireland assembly will hold a special sitting aimed at appointing a new speaker, the first step in forming a new devolved government, but the bid is expected to fail due to opposition from the democratic unionist party. the uk is spending almost £7 million a day on hotels for asylum seekers, mps on the home affairs committee have heard. it s more than £2 million higher than what was being spent in february and comes as the head of a watchdog described conditions in a migrant processing centre at manston airport, in kent, as wretched . the owners of a care home have apologi