Products to start in october 2026. And. The chancellor says its in order to maintain the financial incentive to choose vaping over smoking. Lets move on to the broader picture for the uk economy. In the office of budget and responsibility has predicted that. Remember, were in a technical recession at the moment. Lets move onto debt. Lots of figures in numbers but its important we take you through the main developments from todays budget. In a moment ill be discussing is in finer detail with my colleague. Ill also bejoined by our Economics Correspondent who is in the newsroom for us. First our Political Correspondent looks back at todays development here in West Minister. I5 at todays development here in West Minister. ,. ,. , minister. Is this an Election Winnin minister. Is this an Election Winning budget, minister. Is this an election | winning budget, chancellor . Minister. Is this an Election Winning budget, chancellor . As jeremy hunt pose for the last photo, dues before the budge
Unions are warning therell be thousands of job losses and the leader of the welsh conservatives, andrew davies, told gb news it will be disastrous for the country. Well, lets not forget people need food to survive and live on their everyday so their everyday existence, so were not talking about an industry that isnt industry here that isnt required to feed the nation. Required to feed the nation. We dont have farmers, and if we dont have farmers, we food. By the we dont have food. And by the governments figures, if governments own figures, if this ahead and this scheme goes ahead and changed, 5500 farmers will lose their livelihoods. 125,000 their livelihoods. 125,000 cattle will be lost in wales, 800,000 sheep and £200 million worth of Economic Activity will be lost. So it will be a devastating income impact on rural communities. The length and breadth of wales mps facing threats to their safety will get extra security as part of a new £31 million government package. £31 million go
Actually make Illegal Drugs become rather attractive . All of become rather attractive . All of that in a moment. But first, lets get the news with polly middlehurst. Middlehurst. Nigel, thank you and good evening to you. Well, we start this evening with the sad news that the bodies of at least three suspected migrants have been pulled from the English Channel afternoon, major channel this afternoon, a major search and rescue operation was launched following incident, search and rescue operation was lau|uked following incident, search and rescue operation was lau|uk and llowing incident, search and rescue operation was lau|uk and french| incident, search and rescue operation was lau|uk and french authoritiesnt, the uk and french authorities are now working together on that. It. Its believed people smuggling pushed a number smuggling gangs pushed a number of boats into water of boats into the water throughout despite the throughout the day, despite the bad weather, people smuggling gang
Has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the Equalities Minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. We have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should look like short despite repeated assurances including in the last few weeks when we have been asking the government about when it was coming, it has been delayed and we do not know when and tell. Voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in byelections and over the next few days well be in all three seats. Over the past two days weve been in Selby And Ainsty in North Yorkshire and somerton and frome in somerset. Today were in uxbridge and South Ruislip to the west of lond