Good evening. The chancellor has been putting his final touches to his budget as he prepares to unveil it tomorrow it could well be the last one before the General Election. What is now expected is a 2p cut to National Insurance and another freeze on fuel duty. But could jeremy hunt go even further . Our Political Editor chris mason is here with his thoughts but before we hear from Chris Our Economics Editor Faisal Islam has been weighing up how much room for Manoevre The Chancellor has. The chancellor is hoping to use his Big Red Box Moment tomorrow to declare a definitive economic Turning Point after years of crisis and shocks. Certainly the path and forecast for Inflation Looks like that. Look at this inflation is falling back from its Energy Shock Highs towards the Bank Of England target. On the other hand, its a little tricky to talk about a Turning Point when as you see here, the economy just started shrinkng at the end of last year you can see a shallow recession, but one noneth
making his way from the airport here. he s just wrapping up a cross country tour speaking with americans living this day in and day out. they re baring the influx of migrants and in some cases, people part of gangs that are now in this country. they are disturbing a lot in these communities. i will also speak with senator marco rubio on the battle over whether the bill that congress is debating will actually fill what is wrong. i know that s a question on a lot of people s minds as we look at all of this. but first, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, facing reporters just a short time ago and taking responsibility for this secrecy that he put in place over his hospital stay. now also addressing his work at hand. whether the white house s defensive plan in the middle east is ineffective. the message has been deterrence, deterring the attack by the houthis, deterring the attacks by the malitias. has deterrence failed? our goal is to make sure that we contain this crisis in
gearing up for an historic trip to europe meant to strengthen american leadership overseas. after a week spend touting the administration s command of the economic situation here at home. yesterday the labor department announced 209,000 jobs were added in july. the white house touted he number as a sign of bidenomics inaction. alongside consumer-focused efforts to reduce jump fees and health care costs. and democrats and their allies are mobilizing in the wake of last week s rulings from the conservative dominated supreme court. with race based affirmative action band, legislators and lawyers are taking aim at so-called legacy admissions. we talk to one group suing harvard university for what some call affirmative action for the rich. in the meantime, it was a bloody-long independence weekend, as mass shootings rocked cities from coast to coast. kansas city mayor quentin once better law enforcement, but also tighter gun restrictions. he will join us shortly. and later you a
people involved in these demonstrations, sometimes very young people. so it is the responsibility of parents to keep them at home. that is something which we all ought to do. parental responsibility must be engaged, and i should like to appeal to everybody s sense of responsibility here, mayors included. and the minister ofjustice will be taking all the necessary measures. the social network platforms have played a very conspicuous part in the events in the last couple of days. we have been looking at that. let s ta ke let s take you to the white house. president biden is reacting to that ruling about student debt forgiveness. ruling about student debt for: iveness. , ., ruling about student debt for: iveness. , . ., , forgiveness. first, made the largest increase in grants forgiveness. first, made the largest increase in grants and forgiveness. first, made the largest increase in grants and over- forgiveness. first, made the largest increase in grants and over a - inc
6-3, the new numbers reshaping american life. the lead starts right now. 40 million americans will not get the student loan forgiveness president biden promised them after the supreme court rejects his plan. and the president says it is unforgivable. then a key ruling on lgbtq rights and freedom of speech involving a wedding website designer and the state of colorado. what it means for anti-discrimination laws across the country. plus as millions of americans plan to take to the roads and skies this holiday weekend, a look at what cities are experiencing turmoil after days of delays. and welcome to the lead. i m abby philip in for jake tapper. today we begin with our law and justice lead. at moment now president joe biden will address the nation after the supreme court today issued two major rulings. one that blocks president biden s student loan forgiveness program rejecting a program that would have delivered debt relief to millions of americans. and the other ruling th