Chancellor, it is a uk wide tax, we have chancellor, it is a uk wide tax, we have cut chancellor, it is a uk wide tax, we have cut a chancellor, it is a uk wide tax, we Have Cut A Uk wide tax because we are a Have Cut A Uk wide tax because we are a party Have Cut A Uk wide tax because we are a party of the union and that has put are a party of the union and that has put more money in bag accounts since has put more money in bag accounts since the has put more money in bag accounts since the beginning of the year. We have always said we believe in a society have always said we believe in a society where hard work is rewarded. That is society where hard work is rewarded. That is the society where hard work is rewarded. That is the type of country we believe that is the type of country we believe in. Applause. Just this week applause. Just this week we had the final scottish budget pass. Snp and green coming together, we are paying more in tax and getting less in services. We talked about
during the conservative leadership contest this summer. we can see the scene live at westminster where the vote is on fracking. it is a motion tabled by the opposition labour party and the government has said it is treating it as a vote of confidence in the government. it is not expected that more than a handful of conservative mps will vote against the government tonight, even though they oppose the change in fracking policy, which reverses the government s position from the last general election manifesto. the prime minister is facing widespread discontent and today she took part in her first premises questions after ditching her flagship tax cuts less than a week ago from the mini budget. let s talk to our political correspondent, helen carter. we will stay looking at the pictures of the house of commons as mps file back in. can you give us a snapshot summary for viewers watching you have just tuned in, summary for viewers watching you havejust tuned in, many summary for v
the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion or $4.7 billion factory in northumberland, as part of a long term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows what the factory with a capability to make 300,000 electric batteries a year would have looked like. the plan was to create 3,000 jobs at the plant. now, administrators have taken over the business and most of britishvolt s 300 staff are being made redundant. here s our business editor simonjack. so what went wrong? britishvolt was a start up company with no track record. their battery technology was only at the prototype stage. although there are expressions of interest from lotus and aston martin, they
hello. good afternoon to you. it is so mild out there. many of us have not had to use the thick coats for quite some time now. this is not going to change over the next few days. exceedingly mild weather conditions, with this air stream coming in all the way from the southern climes, actually a pattern that we sometimes see during the summer months. at low pressure is also close by. so, not necessarily sunny all the time. far from it, also close by. so, not necessarily sunny all the time. farfrom it, we had heavy rain earlier on across many parts of northern ireland and scotland. most of that rain has now cleared to the north and we are left with brisk, quite strong south westerly wind around western areas. but plenty of sunny spells in land, and, of course, the relatively high temperatures possibly reaching 20 degrees in the south east and east anglia. but even around yorkshire, around 18, mid teens in eastern and central parts of scotland. through the course of tonight, the