for a ukrainian counteroffensive? and the chelsea flower show opens, this year sustainability and diversity are key themes. coming up in the sport on bbc news one down, two to go. pep guardiola says to be considered one of the greatest teams, his side need to become european champions. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the home secretary, suella braverman, says she s confident nothing untoward has happened following controversy over her handling of a speeding offence last summer. now, she refused to be drawn on whether she instructed civil servants to arrange a one on one driving awareness course, instead of attending a public session. opposition parties say she should quit if she s found to have breached the ministerial code, because the rules say civil servants shouldn t get involved in the private affairs of ministers. rishi sunak has been meeting his ethics adviser to decide what happens next. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. any regre
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lockdown parties in downing street. people are facing huge disruption to their travel plans as the half term break gets under way. dozens of flights have been cancelled, and there have been long delays at ports and on the roads, as well as cross channel services. and there are warnings that the disruption is likely to continue for more than a week. let s take you through the latest developments. easyjet is cancelling more than 200 flights over the next 10 days from gatwick airport, insisting it needs to in order to provide reliable services over this busy period . there have been long queues at london s st pancras station for eurostar services across the channel as families head to disneyland paris and football fans try to get to the french capital ahead of the champions league final. and people are being urged to check the latest advice before travelling to the port of dover where there are huge tailbacks as hundreds of lorries queue to get through tourists however, are b
tens of millions of households need that support, so i think that s the right approach. the uk s opposition labour party welcomes the move, but has criticised the government s response to the crisis, saying it called for a windfall tax on oil companies months ago. the chancellor, the prime minister were resisting it, and saying that it would deter investment, that it was un conservative, but it wouldn t raise enough money, but it would be silly to provide additional help. ukraine warns that russia s offensive in donbas could result in the region becoming uninhabited. a british health trust at the centre of concerns about avoidable deaths and injuries to babies has been told to make immediate improvements to its maternity services. it s been more than a0 years since abba s last tour, but they finally performed onstage again last night in digital form as abba tars. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. police in texas are facing criticism over th
hello, i m lauren taylor. we start here in the uk and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that