Because labour dont have any plans to reduce taxation. It sort of makes my point for me, their plan is basically that tax should remain at its current levels. We say we dont have to levels. We say we dont have to accept the status quo. If you make difficult decisions, if you stick to our plan for the economy, thats seen inflation falling and growth starting to rise, we can bring down the tax burden. Burden. News in from kyiv tonight, where the uk has pledged a further £125 million of military support to ukraine in a major move against putins invasion. Our home and security editor mark white joined me earlier with more on what that announcement tonight will mean for ukraines war efforts. This extra package , announced this extra package, announced by grant shapps on a visit to ukraine is very significant. Hundreds of pounds and millions of pounds in extra commitment from the uk to provide 10,000 military drones. Now the vast majority will be first person view drones, fpv drones , which
Good evening. From the newsroom. Im sam francis, a quick look at the headlines. At just after 9 00, government ministers are challenging labour to set out its own funding plans after it backed the governments decision to cut National Insurance. The non dom tax status will be scrapped with the aim of raising revenue to make up for the £0. 02 cut, though figures suggest any benefits for the taxpayer are likely to be cancelled out by an expected rise in council tax. Earlier, jeremy hunt told gb news that his budget is proof that the government, he says, is making their fiscal plan work. We want to end the unfairness, 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 any plans to reduce taxation. It sort of makes my point for me, their plan is basically that tax should remain at its current levels. We say we dont have to levels. We say we dont have to accept the status quo. If you
towards wales and parts of western england. forthese towards wales and parts of western england. for these areas, towards wales and parts of western england. forthese areas, between tonight and tomorrow you could see anywhere between five and 15 centimetres of snow over the hills and there could be some transport disruption. still seepage in from the fields after a wet spell of weather and widespread frost on the roads will be dangerously icy first thing tomorrow morning so take it easy out and about. tomorrow we continue with showers across northern and western areas of the uk and the greater chance of a few showers coming down the north sea. inland, quite a bit of sunshine but with stronger winds than today, similar temperatures, with stronger winds than today, similartemperatures, it will feel similar temperatures, it will feel even similartemperatures, it will feel even more bitter than it did today. taking a look at the weather picture in the next few days, we have cold
My Icon: Maggie Alphonsi: The former rugby union player talks about her idol. My Icon: Maggie Alphonsi airs on Sky Sports Arena HD at 1:45 PM, Thursday 23 May. The former rugby union player talks about her idol