Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
ireland during the night. and a chilly night in prospect. any mist and fog overnight will lift tomorrow morning, quickly, and we will see some rain moving across northern ireland. one or two showers affecting western scotland and northern england but for the rest of us it will be dry and in the sunshine, it will feel quite warm with highs up to about 21 degrees. for friday, we have got some showery rain moving across northern ireland, through the central swathes of the uk, one or two showers getting into the south west as well. away from that it will be dry, some sunshine around. it is going to feel cooler in the north sea coastline, because we have got an easterly breeze here. top temperatures for you might be 14 degrees. in the sunshine in the highest areas, we are looking at highs up to 22 celsius. if you are wondering about the beacons being lit on thursday, it is looking like there will be some rain across