Tonight at ten, the chancellor lays out some of his spending priorities ahead of wednesday s budget. billions of pounds for infrastructure, innovation and more to help grow the british economy after covid. children, schools, skills, all of these things, policing and crime you will see investment across the board in public services. but labour says the government should be cutting vat on energy bills now to help struggling families. also tonight: senior doctors warn rising covid infections are putting intense pressure on a&e departments in england and join calls for tougher coronavirus rules. the flat owners facing winter with their homes wrapped in plastic, as the government tackles the cladding crisis after grenfell.
To get spending under control, and there are concerns about inflation, which could squeeze living standards and cost the government a lot more when it comes to borrowing. as economies have reopened rather rapidly after coronavirus, that has put pressure on global supply chains. and then the other part of the increase is very much just down to energy prices. both of those factors are global factors. we re not alone in experiencing those problems. you know, i don t have a magic wand that can make either of those things disappear. the chancellor will be trying to appeal to different audiences on wednesday. he wants to persuade many in his party of his conservative credentials, that he ll manage the economy sensibly and bring spending under control. but then there are voters the conservatives have made some big pledges on levelling up, on rebuilding the economy, on repairing the nhs. none of that is going to be cheap. labour has warned of a cost of living crisis higher prices for thing
Morning, sir! rishi sunak has a lot to weigh up this week. he s been chancellor through an unprecedented crisis which has meant unprecedented spending. now a trickier path he wants to balance the books at the same time as announcing a number of spending commitments. one of the elements of building a stronger economy is having strong public services, and you will see that next week whether it s the nhs, which we ve already taken steps to support significantly to recover from coronavirus, children, schools, skills, all of these things, policing and crime. you will see investment across the board in public services. the government says it wants higher productivity and higher wages, so there will be around £3 billion earmarked for skills. billions too for transport and health research. commitments this weekend have amounted to more than £20 billion a sign the spending tap hasn t been turned off completely. yet in the treasury, they are keen
Have to come in on your own time. steve: tomorrow beware the ides of march, march 15th. brian: if you are caesar, look out. not going to be good. ainsley: let s get to this fox news alert. it s going on in pennsylvania where the special congressional election is still too close to call. brian: they are calling it a razor thin march zin separating the two candidates. one is declaring victory even though the a.p. hasn t. steve: eric shawn is live in pittsburgh with the very latest on a race a lot of folks are watching. good morning, mr. sean. good morning, steve and guys. well, it could take as long as two weeks for the official results here. you see the canvassing boards, they don t until friday and then by law they have another five days until they officially certify the results. this morning it is looking good we re told for conor lamb. let s take a look at the map. more than 1,000 absentee ballots being counted overnight. others still to go. reports say in washington