Hello, youre watching the context on bbc news. Its been revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of £170,000. More than 100 charities and Aid Agencies have urged sir Keir Starmer to protect foreign Aid Spending amid fears the budget could fall to its lowest level since 2007. The unease comes ahead of the Budget Set to be unveiled by the chancellor in october and with increasing aid being spent here in the uk, To Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The previous government had counteracted this adding £2. 5 billion to the foreign Aid Budget, as a Top Up to compensate for the money being spent in britain. But where does the uk stand internationally . The un target for foreign Aid Spending is 0. 7 of a countrys gross national income. That figure is widely accepted among the international community and the uk made a legal commitment to it in 2015. But in reality according to the oecd, just 5 count
Wednesday mornings on cspan2. We invite your participation via twitter using hashtag pmqs. Prior to question time members are finishing other business. Now live to the floor of the british house of commons. This is a reminder of the beginning of an Enduring Alliance between our nations, 35 million americans trace their ancestry to our mayflower passenger and im sure the whole house will join me in marking this historic anniversary. National teaching assistants day will the primacy join me in teaching assistant an extraordinary work in taking to bring children back to school, colleges and anniversaries in covid19 environments. And implementation of the electrocution program. And help at the earliest opportunity. I strongly echo congratulations and thanks to teachers and say i believe passionately in the tutoring programs, we expect the first group of tutors to support schools from november with provisions ramping up for the remainder of the autumn and spring time. The deputy leader. Tha
Anniversary. National teaching assistants day will the primacy join me in teaching assistant an extraordinary work in taking to bring children back to school, colleges and anniversaries in covid19 environments. And implementation of the electrocution program. And help at the earliest opportunity. I strongly echo congratulations and thanks to teachers and say i believe passionately in the tutoring programs, we expect the first group of tutors to support schools from november with provisions ramping up for the remainder of the autumn and spring time. The deputy leader. Thank you, mister speaker. Many in the Chamber Think the battle of britain is today. We mark the eightieth anniversary and i want to put on record our thanks to all those who fought for our country. Mister speaker, i want to start by reading the Prime Minister a message i received lucky i wasnt able to go to work today and his children couldnt go to school because his family had to wait for the coronavirus test results des
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Fighting to stop brexit that is or priority. Because we believe we are better in the european union. It is better for our Public Services, like the nhs. It is better for our environment, and its better for peoplesjobs. Heres the scene live in Central London where party leaderjo swinson will be giving more details of the lib dem manifesto shortly. At the trump impeachment inquiry the Us Ambassador to the eu says the president was behind pressure on ukraine to investigatejoe biden. And the special one is special again at least thats what spurs think, asJose Mourinho returns to football management in the premier league. Its five oclock. Our main story is that borisjohnson has said that, if elected, the conservatives would raise the threshold at which employees Pay National Insurance to £12,500. That would bring the threshold into line with income tax. Mrjohnson said the first step would be to increase the threshold to £9,500 in the first budget of a tory government. The Prime Minister a