Are you an extremist . Next. Are you an extremist . Next. Im Polly Middlehurst and the top story in the gb newsroom tonight i at 9 01, Birmingham City council has approved a wave of budget cuts that have been described as a devastating double whammy of tax cuts and fewer public services. The fewer public services. The labour Led Authority is planning a 21 increase in council tax over two years, and £300 million worth of cuts to public services. Council leader john cotton, unrwa , vividly apologised to the unrwa, vividly apologised to the citys residents , blaming tory citys residents, blaming tory austero , 80, birminghams austero, 80, birminghams conservative leader, said though the cuts will mean streets arent clean and broken, street lights arent repaired and jeremy hunt is expected to ask councils to cut wasteful spending on equality and diversity programmes as he announces britains budget tomorrow. Its being suggested tomorrow. Its being suggested he could announce a £0. 02 in t
Trump . Should it be trump. Were going to get stuck into all of that and more. But before we do, lets cross live for tonights latest News Headlines as. Latest News Headlines as. Michelle, thank you and good evening to you. Its 6 01. Im Polly Middlehurst in the gb newsroom. And the top story tonight the chancellor looks set tonight the chancellor looks set to unveil a £0. 02 in the pound. Cut to National Insurance contributions he prepares to contributions as he prepares to set out britains budget tomorrow. Jeremy hunt will tomorrow. Jeremy hunt will attempt to put the uks economy back on track and revive rishi sunaks popular rmt, despite the fiscal watchdog giving the government little headroom for tax cuts. Analysts are suggesting the nhs could be facing real terms. Funding cuts of £2 billion annually amid rising costs and a promise to tackle waiting lists. And also tackle waiting lists. And also in the news today , the leader of in the news today, the leader of the labour led Birmi
Protest in london this weekend will remain unchanged. Officers will remain unchanged. Officers will reportedly use existing pubuc will reportedly use existing public order and anti terror laws after rishi sunak called on the police to crack down on extremist behaviour , and a extremist behaviour, and a government minister has paid damages to an academic after suggesting she supported hamas. But the cost covered by the taxpayer, the science secretary, michelle donelan, has now retracted her comments about professor kate tsang after a government investigation found the allegations were baseless. The allegations were baseless. The thousands of staff at greggs bakeries are to get more than £17 million in bonuses, as its after the high street chain saw profits rise by 27 in the last yeah profits rise by 27 in the last year. Staff can expect to see the extra award in their pay packets at the end of the month, recognise their hard work and if we can say so, its the icing on the cake for the
Funding cuts of £2 billion annually amid rising costs and a promise to tackle waiting lists. Promise to tackle waiting lists. And our other main story tonight, the leader of labour led Birmingham City council has unreservedly apologised to the citys residents for the budget set out today. The cost cutting set out today. The cost cutting plan includes taking more than £300 million away from Public Services across britains biggest city, second biggest city after it effectively declared itself bankrupt last yeah declared itself bankrupt last year. Councillorjohn declared itself bankrupt last year. Councillor john cotton described the cuts as a result of a raging crisis in local government caused by the conservatives calling them cheerleaders for austerity. At the same time, Birmingham City council is planning to raise council taxes by just less than 10 a year. Suella council taxes by just less than 10 a year. Suella braverman told gb news today she doesnt believe the former tory mp lee
Count. There were seven swing states in the 2020 president ial election. Arizona, georgia, nevada, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and North Carolinasix of them won byjoe biden six of them won byjoe biden all of them crucial this time around, in the race to 270 Electoral College votes. In the popular Votejoe Biden won the 2020 election by Seven Million votes. But look how narrow it was in some of these swing states in arizona, joe biden won by 10,167 votes. In georgia, which biden also won, the difference was 11,779 votes. And in nevada, biden won the state by 33,596 votes. Three states which could decide this election, the two candidates separated byjust 55,832. But for democrats the polls spell trouble. In all these states right now. Trump is winning. Across all seven states, 48 of voters said they would back trump, 43 would back biden. We saw just the we sawjust the other week we saw just the other week that the issue of israel becomes very important. If that were beat to be repea