of the economy, chancellor? jeremy hunt has some good news he wants to trumpet. the bank of england has driven inflation down it s halved this year. so now the chancellor says it s time to try to get the economy growing. in today s autumn statement for growth, our choice is not big government, high spending and high tax, because we know that leads to less growth, not more. instead, we reduce debt, cut taxes and reward work. he announced, under the triple lock, the state pension will go up by over 8% next year, and many benefits up by more than 6%. i m going to go further and cut the main rate of employee national insurance by two percentage points, from i2%, to 10%. it mean someone on a salary of £35,000 a year would save over £450. to encourage businesses to invest, he is making a temporary scheme permanent it allows the cost of any upgrades, computers, machinery and the like to be deducted from profits before they re taxed. i will today make full expensing permanent,
the cause of the fire is not yet clear. officials in ukraine see at least 12 people have been killed and 43 injured after russian forces hit our diy store in kharkiv and some people are still missing. ukraine is calling on the west to supply weapons to prevent similar attacks over the border. this call has been backed by the head of nato. until now ukraine has largely had to rely on drones and other weapons. drones squeal. they are now one of the most potent weapons of this war. cheap, mass produced drones being used to deadly effect. and here on the front they are helping ukraine slow the russian advance. but still not enough. translation: we can hold them back with drones and hurt them badly. but to win with them, unfortunately, no. what you call them? these are peaky blinders. it s what they call themselves peaky blinders after the cult tv series. flat caps, that s where the similarity ends. they have been trained by western special forces. in a few weeks they have hunte
labour s rachel reeves, who wants to take charge of your cash, and the home secretary, conservative, james cleverly, are here to start. is it a relief it s finally been called? i love elections, i m a bit funny like that. i love elections, i m a bit funny like that- i love elections, i m a bit funny like that. ., ., ., like that. i m looking forward to tourin: like that. i m looking forward to touring the like that. i m looking forward to touring the country like that. i m looking forward to touring the country and - like that. i m looking forward to touring the country and getting | touring the country and getting labour s touring the country and getting labour s message of change out to the voters labour s message of change out to the voters. we labour s message of change out to the voters. ~ ., labour s message of change out to the watere labour s message of change out to the voters- the voters. we are delighted you are both here. take care ourfact checker
we will bring you more from our correspondent outside a hospital in a moment. a leading think tank, the institute for fiscal studies, has accused the main political parties of a conspiracy of silence over the economic reality behind plans set out in their election manifestos. the ifs analysed how the policies could impact the public finances and what that could mean for household incomes, public services and taxation. in its scathing assessment it said the parties were ducking the issues, by relying on faster growth to deliver more tax, which it said was far from guaranteed. it also warned the next government faced having to find new ways to raise taxes, or leave some public services exposed to billions of pounds worth of cuts. this a flavour of what the director of the ifs, pauljohnson, had to say. low growth, high debt, high interest payments mean we need to do something quite rare over the next few years just to stop debt spiralling ever upwards we need to run primar
yes, sadly, this is a statement that has come in from buckingham palace within the past hour on this incident, as they put it, yesterday evening at the home of princess anne, the princess royal. it reads: the princess royal has sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the gatcombe park estate yesterday evening. her royal highness remains in southmead hospital in bristol as a precautionary measure for observation and is expected to make a full and swift recovery. the king, of course, her elder brother, has been kept closely informed and joins the whole royal family and sending his fondest love and well wishes to the princess for a speedy recovery. we understand the princess was walking on the perimeter of her gatcombe park estate yesterday evening when she came into some kind of contact with some horses on the estate. it is understood that that contact, perhaps from a horses head or legs, caused minor head injuries and concussion. she had her husband wi