Lives in service of all who took pa rt lives in service of all who took part in the operations in iraq and afghanistan. And the queen unveils a memorial dedicated to those who served in conflicts in iraq, afghanistan, and in the gulf war. And the queen unveils a memorial dedicated to those who served and coming up in the sport on bbc news. England and scotland name their teams for saturdays calcutta cup match in the six nations, with Billy Vunipola on the bench for eddiejones side at twickenham. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The chancellor Philip Hammond has defended his plan to raise National Insurance contributions for the Self Employed, saying the Government Faces new challenges. Mr hammond is facing criticism of the Budget Announcement for apparently going against a 2015 manifesto pledge on tax rises. The change, due to come in next year, will mean 1. 6 million Self Employed people paying on average £240 more every year. Labour has accused the government of br
Were live until am this morning. Are you waiting for a non urgent operation . If so, wed love to hear from you this morning about how long youve been waiting. Are you one of the many people whove arrived at hospital only to have your operation cancelled on the day . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. We are going to go and live now to hear from donald we are going to go and live now to hearfrom donald tusk, the president of the European Council. You can see the podium there, he is waiting to speak in malta in the next few minutes, he will of course be talking about those brexit negotiations, so we will go back to that live as soon as it happens, you wont miss anything at all. Our top Story Today Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements as a trade off, so that improvements can be made in other areas like a e. That
Now lets go over to westminster and join that bbc special on the budget with andrew neil. It is budget day, thejohnson government unveils its new plans, with special emphasis on its new voters in the midlands and the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in the job, the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in thejob, the biggest challenge is the growing Economic Impact of the coronavirus, and what he can do to vaccinate the economy from it. With me for this politics live budget special Political Editor laura kuennssberg, Business Editor simonjack, and economics editor faisal islam. It was meant to be the levelling up budget, to the regions and people that have not done well in the past decade but looks set to be the coronavirus budget. This morning he bank of england has already announced an emergency cut in Interest Rates. The bank of englands role is to help uk businesses and households manage through an economic shock that could prove large and sharp. Meanwhil
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