Chief political correspondent henry zeffman. Can we start with that leaked letter from Simon Case which you have seen, what does it say . Well the last time we saw Rachel Reeves and Jeremy Hunt facing off, was when Rachel Reeves declared that shed got into office, looked at the bot books and discover there was a £22 billion Black Hole in public spending this year. Simon cayce says he would note. Let me translate the civil service speak. Hes basically that the previous Governments Decision not to revise. Was a big reason for uncertainty in public finances. Thats quite a claim from the cabinet, i suspect they wanted it to stay private but it got leaked to me do it to stay private but it got leaked to m it to stay private but it got leaked to m. , ~. , leaked to me do you think that is likely to leaked to me do you think that is likely to come leaked to me do you think that is likely to come up leaked to me do you think that is likely to come up with leaked to me do you think that is lik
But a report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission says while Uk Government policies have contributed to the pressure, much of it comes from the Scottish Governments own decisions. Heres our scotland editorjames cook. This is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. A Community Centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. And yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. Prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and The Cost Of Living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. I must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024 25. And i call. There is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the Proceeds Of Offshore Wind and publicly owned scottish w
Fox on top of antiisrael protesters on a tear in the White House on edge after hamas murdered six hostages including an israeli american. Now hamas is threatening to kill more should israel try to rescue them . Former ambassador to Israel David Freeman, house armed Services Committee republican Nancy Mace are here with reaction. Im Charles Payne Yeah Infer neil cavuto, Collison Tel Aviv with the very latest. Another night of demonstrations in tel aviv, that is where a lot of protesters and Family Members of the hostages showed up in full force to try to apply as much pressure as they could both the israeli government and is really from Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a deal and get the remaining hostages back home. In the wake of six hostages whose bodies were recovered from gaza this past weekend thousands upon thousands of people have been taking to the streets throughout israel for the past few nights. Demonstrations have been a mix of sadness and outright anger as many israelis
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