the chancellor says we ve turned a corner, but is the uk now in a cul de sac? i now call the chancellor to make the autumn statement, jeremy hunt. jeremy hunt trumpets a two percentage point cut in national insurance, and an almost 2% rise in the living wage, but the uk tax burden is still the heaviest since world war ii, and growth forecasts are down, so will the cost of living crisis still be a cost of living crisis next year and the year after? nick s been out gauging reaction injeremy hunt s patch. ijust i just worry that this is a government that is running out of good ideas. government that is running out of good ideas- government that is running out of aood ideas. , ., ., , , good ideas. they are doing the best the can good ideas. they are doing the best they can under good ideas. they are doing the best they can under the good ideas. they are doing the best they can under the circumstances. l they can under the circumstances. they they can under the circumstanc
scotland has been speaking to laura kuenssberg. their allegations that snp stamps have been paid for by public money and the allegation today so someone in your office was involved in that allegedly using material from the past. involved in that allegedly using materialfrom the past. public purse. what you say to that? i can assure no parliamentary stamps provided by parliament have been used to support election properties and the parliament has said they will look into this matter and we will look into this matter and we will provide parliament with any assistance they require. fine assistance they require. one whatsapp assistance they require. one whatsapp message, - assistance they require. one whatsapp message, your assistant brought the stamp fairy is very useful when it comes to campaigns. who is the stamp fairy? we campaign on a reuular who is the stamp fairy? we campaign on a regular basis who is the stamp fairy? we campaign on a regular basis and who is the
about a developing story today. it s against the rules for taxpayers cash to be used in campaigning, but there have been allegations over the last week that snp staffers have been using postage stamps paid for with public money for campaign purposes. and the mail on sunday has a story today, that someone in your office was involved in discussions about the use of stamps allegedly paid for by the public purse. what do you say to that? well, i ve obviously discussed this with my staff and i have been assured that no parliamentary stamps that have been provided by parliament have been used to support election purposes and obviously the parliament has said they are looking into this matter and obviously will provide parliament with any assistance that they require as they undertake those inquiries was white one one whatsapp message reported this morning sent to an snp group chat, your assistant wrote, the stamp fairy is very useful when it comes to campaigns. who is the stamp fa
Yea rs take off in next hour. And it is 100 years since women first got the right to vote but only if they were over 30 and owners of property. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Former executives at the failed construction and services giant carillion have apologised for the compa nys collapse. But they denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which employed 20,000 people in the uk went into liquidation last month. Today the companys former directors faced a committee of mps to explain what theyd known about its financial position. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. Summoned to westminster carillions top brass. Philip green was chairman of the board when the company collapsed, and he started with an apology. I would say i am deeply sorry for the impact that the collapse of the company had on employees, pensioners, customers, suppliers and all stakeholders. So what went wrong . Xhaka khan was finance director and said that hundreds of millions was owed b
Mother of brain damaged alvi evans to never stop fighting to save his life. The daily express claims britain could be forced to accept new eu regulations after brexit. Thats according to a new report. In the times has a picture of the falcon heavy rocket taking off in florida. A mixed bag of front page stories. Thank you both, stephen and steve, for being here. Must begin with the ft, europe and asia bearing the brunt as stocks reel from volatilities. All day i have been hearing it as a correction and not a crash but wide range of repercussions for this. The dow jones index was up 567 points so this huge sell off has already run its course. My view is that we are bound to see things like this because the stock market has been on such a boom, its gone up 20 points so such a boom, its gone up 20 points so that will always be a correction if people get worried, is this note the peak, do we stop selling, and if someone the peak, do we stop selling, and if someone does, it highlights a me t