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Were going to get stuck into all of that and more. But before we do, lets cross live for tonights latest news headlines. Michelle, thanks very much. Good evening from the gb newsroom. Itsjust good evening from the gb newsroom. Its just gone 6 00 and we start with more budget reaction. We understand that stabilising british economy will likely mean more taxes. Thats according to the International Monetary fund. Despite yesterdays cut to National Insurance , the £0. 02 cut from insurance, the £0. 02 cut from jeremy hunt comes as a cost to the government of around £10 billion. However any benefits for the taxpayer are likely to be cancelled out by an expected rise in council tax. But jeremy hunt told gb news earlier that the budget is proof that the governments fiscal plan, he says, is working. We want to end the unfairness is the direction of travel. Weve gone is to reduce National Insurance by one third. The fact that labour are opposing this today is really because labour dont have
A spokesman for the uk Prime Minister rishi sunak says comments allegedly made by major conservative donor frank hester about the mp diane abbott were racist and wrong, but he was rightly apologised for the offence caused. The Guardian Newspaper claims frank esther said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot frank hester. He has admitted he was rude about her in a private meeting five years ago but insisted his comments had nothing to do about her gender or skin colour. Miss abbott has reported him to the parliamentary liaison Investigations Team which was set up after the murder of another mp, jo cox, in 2016. She said, to and frightening. She said the comments were worrying and frightening. Chris mason has the story. Diane abbott is a political pioneer. First elected nearly a0 years ago, she was the first black woman mp. Whatever else happens after this, i think nobody can take this moment away from the black community. What did happen after tha
Suggesting she supported hamas, but the cost of that payment is covered by taxpayers. The science secretary, michelle donelan, has now retracted her comments about professor kate sang after a government investigation found the allegations were baseless. And allegations were baseless. And finally thousands of staff at greggs are to get, shall we say, a slice of the profits. More than £17 million in bonuses. Evidently, its after the high street bakery saw profits rise by 27 in the last year, so staff can expect to see their extra dough in their pay packets at the end of this month to recognise their hard work, and its all the icing on the cake for the workers, who already get a share of the profits each year for the very latest news stories, do sign up for gp news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen to gb news. Common screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Welcome along a message alerts. Welcome along a message to the Prime Ministerjust boots out the jihadis. Its not hard. France a
Prime minister leo varadkar says it was a comprehensive defeat. We return now to the situation in the middle east. The us military says its ships and aircraft have shot down more than a dozen drones In The Red Sea after coming under what it called a sustained attack by iranian backed houthi forces in yemen. Us Central Command said the drones represented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, and us and coalition warships. Here s david waddell. The singapore registered propel fortune is the latest commercial ship to be targeted by the houthi movement. The bulk carrier departed india just under two weeks ago, with her automatic Identification System signalling that she was not connected to israel supposedly to deter this kind of attack from yemen. The uk Maritime Trade Organisation said the captain reported no Collateral Damage to the ship and that she was bound for her next port. These attacks have been ongoing since october, both In The Red Sea and in the gulf of aden, causing many c