The governments Finance Department to make it support Economic Growth. But the governments Chief Secretary to the treasury laura trott says labour are offering no plan just more borrowing and more taxes. So what are the priorities for british businesses . Joining me now live is the Chief Economist of the confederation for british industry. What does the cbi and its members need to hear from a prospective chancellor back . Often the criticism of not enough detail. What would you like to hear . What businesses would like to hear . What businesses would like to hear is a long term vision and strategy for how to deliver Economic Growth in the uk, and we know our challenges of growth in the last couple of years has been lacklustre and in terms of Living Standards we have not seen the growth and productivity that we need so what is the answer to that . It is absolutely how business works with government to make sure we have a Business Investment going across all sectors and regions in our ec
From brussels, a report by our special correspondent denis davidov. Such the ministry of internal affairs did not expect aggression, the police later admitted. Not only were eggs and oranges flying at them, but also firecrackers. Under the pressure of the crowd, the defenders of european institutions retreated. The police are using Water Cannons not only to disperse the protesters, but also to extinguish the tires that farmers set on fire near the approach to the euroquarter. Next to burning tires, the smell is not only of burnt rubber. Before dumping them on the streets of the capital, farmers generously smeared everything with manure. The rain that falls all day on the protesters only on hand. You cant go out into the field anyway, so you can go protest. European farmers have been protesting for almost a month, but so far only the Brussels Police are drawing conclusions. The approaches to the European Commission building are blocked as tightly as ever. Several rows of barriers, hedge
Brandon is next on booktv. When doing with large corporations prosecutors favored the fines over jail time for corporate executives. This is about an hour and a half. Welcome to the buck for him. I would like to ask you all to silence your cell phones if not at least turn them off. We appreciate it. Thank you for being with us today we do appreciate it. But prosecutors have increasingly turned to resolve investigations and corporate wrongdoing is that the criminal charges. In return for paying millions of dollars to the government is promising to make a cultural reform, prosecutors agreed to forgo the tribal. Unlike the plea bargains the prosecution agreements are subject to the judicial oversight and details of these agreements are rarely made public. In part because of that while the agreements are the subject of substantial criticism from across the political spectrum they havent been the subject of the research until quite recently. We are fortunate to be drawn by two experts in th
Last month in paris. Many innocent people were killed or wounded for standing up in defense of those values. In africa and the middle east we almost on a dalia basis cb acts of cruelty. However horrific although far, it is vital that our reactions that up to the values that we are defending. This is the chance that we shouldnt underestimate, for it is difficult for modern man and of modern man and of modern society to deal with merciless cruelties of the dark ages. But we must. Our response must be based on trust, not mistrust. We have to react but we should not overreact. Maybe it is the wrong assumption of risk in our own societies and abroad. There is no universal remedy for onestop solution. In the thinking and actions in the long run much is done in the meantime. We must use the instruments we face. Something is fortunately this means resorting to military means as many of us including denmark have done in addressing isil in iraq. It is however clear that it must be approached fro
73 million ballots already cast so far. There are still several days left to return your mailin ballots. But democrats now worried about postal delays and urging voters Still Holding those ballots, find an election dropbox. How much of the country votes this year is different thanks to the coronavirus pandemic now entering its most dangerous stretch. 73 new cases on tuesday, nearly 72,000 cases per day now is a record daily average across the United States. The end of 2021, that, dr. Fauci says, is when we can expect to return to normal, not around the turn as the president says now every day. The president insists these rising case numbers are fake because of increased testing. The countrys testing czar says its wrong. He said rising hospitalization cases shows its real. Nationwide map, almost nothing going right. Cases increasing in 40 of the 50 states. Only one state moving the covid needle in the right direction right now. An official white house document asserts its ending. Number