now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start off with you. this is being called a gamble for growth . is it a gamble that s going to pay off, do you think? well, it s certainly a gamble. i hav
hello and welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start with you. this is being called a gamble for growth. is it a gamble that s going to pay off? it s certainly a gamble. i have real doubts about whether it will pay off. kwasi kwarteng
with columnists from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news and work of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions and the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start with you. is this gamble for growth that s going to pay off? it s certainly a gamble, but i have doubts about whether it will pay off. kwasi kwarteng says he want to booth grouped by two and a half percent. but that s delivering a bit of a sugar rush, and i m not sure that will be sustained over the long term. some people have compared this to hitting the accelerator and slamming on the brakes at the same time because what you have is on the one hand, the bank of england trying to control inflation. trying to cool demand by hiking interest rates while the treasury s pumping money into the economy. so i think tha
in a televised address, mr zelensky said more than 600 cases of collaboration and treason have been opened against law enforcement officials. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to dateline. this week two nations with caretaker leaders but problems that cannot wait. in israel, a coalition has collapsed. joe biden has been in a middle east seeking more saudi oil. they and the israelis want the united states to pledge action against iran. here in the uk, the famous and not so famous five are vying to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. but in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers describe as a cost of living crisis? in the studio to discuss all of that, stephanie baker, an americanjournalist and senior writer at bloomberg businessweek. abdal bari atwan, based in london since the late 1970s, he writes on arab affairs. ian birrell is a columnist with the mail newspapers, he has re
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