But a report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission says while Uk Government policies have contributed to the pressure, much of it comes from the Scottish Governments own decisions. Heres our scotland editorjames cook. This is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. A Community Centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. And yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. Prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and The Cost Of Living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. I must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024 25. And i call. There is also 800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means 500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the Proceeds Of Offshore Wind and publicly owned scottish water
Hello, and welcome if youre watching on pbs in the us or Around The World, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The European Union is introducing Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines produced in europe. The move will force Pharmaceutical Companies to get permission before supplying doses outside the bloc. It comes amid a Supply Dispute between the eu and two major Vaccine Suppliers, astrazeneca and pfizer. The European Commission says Export Controls are necessary to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. Nick beake reports from brussels. Throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based Vaccine Maker has been intensifying. European countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. It all hangs on the contract the two sides signed thats now been released, although with parts blanked out. Astrazeneca says it agreed to do i
Where west ham have comfortably beaten freiburg to reach the last eight of the competition. West ham put themselves 2 0 up at half time, to take a 2 1 lead on aggregate in the tie, but went on to win 5 0, Mohamed Kudus with a brace, to win the tie 5 1. It means david moyes has led the team to a european quarter final for the third year in a row. Elsewhere, rangers are out after being beaten 1 0 on the night by benfica at ibrox. While liverpool scored four in the opening 15 minutes against Sparta Prague they won the first leg 5 1 rememeber, so safe to say theyll be in the next round. Brighton dont look likely to bejoining them, 4 0 down against roma from the first leg. It is goalless there. And Bayer Leverkusen Versus Karabec is also goalless. In the europa conference league, aston villa v ajax. Ollie watkins escort for aston villa and i can tell you as well Ollie Watkins has just gone off injured but aston villa are leading i o. Rory mcilroy has had a great start to the players champio
Attempt to cut costs and deter migrants attempting to come to the uk illegally by boat. Also on the programme, the standoff in niger continues. The countrys coup leaders have closed nigers airspace until further notice, citing the threat of Military Invervention from neighbouring powers. Arizonas blistering heat wave continues as us President Biden heads to the state to promote his clean energy plans. And the american millionaire allegedly working with the Chinese Government to influence politics in the west. Ill speak to the New York Times reporter behind the investigation. First lets focus on the barge for Asylum Seekers here in the uk. The government hopes that around 500 men can be housed on board the vessel called the bibby stockholm. But so far, just 15 are on board. Ministers say the barge will be better value for taxpayers than hotel rooms, which are costing more than six Million Pounds a day. There have been concerns about conditions on board, but the government insists the ba