Are you an extremist . Next. Are you an extremist . Next. Im Polly Middlehurst and the top story in the gb newsroom tonight i at 9 01, Birmingham City council has approved a wave of budget cuts that have been described as a devastating double whammy of tax cuts and fewer public services. The fewer public services. The labour Led Authority is planning a 21 increase in council tax over two years, and £300 million worth of cuts to public services. Council leader john cotton, unrwa , vividly apologised to the unrwa, vividly apologised to the citys residents , blaming tory citys residents, blaming tory austero , 80, birminghams austero, 80, birminghams conservative leader, said though the cuts will mean streets arent clean and broken, street lights arent repaired and jeremy hunt is expected to ask councils to cut wasteful spending on equality and diversity programmes as he announces britains budget tomorrow. Its being suggested tomorrow. Its being suggested he could announce a £0. 02 in t
Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 12 still wine will rise 44p. A bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20 port up £1. 30. So among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. But the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. We have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. On top of that, we have Raw Materials like glass that are increasing in price expon
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Things to look forward to. And then a big, big second hour as well. And obviously weve got the new years , new years eve the new years, new years eve tonight. I want your resolutions. What are they saving . Cash, spending more . Saving. Saving weight . Losing weight. Any new weight . Losing weight. Any new hobbies or frankly, just have the resolution not to have any more new years resolutions. Whatever it is, get in touch with us gb news gb views. Com or send us a message on the socials at gb news. But first of all, its the news of course, with tatiana sanchez. Tatiana sanchez. Richard, thank you very much and good morning. This is the latest from the gp newsroom. Latest from the gp newsroom. Look forward to 2024 with pride and optimism. Thats the message and optimism. Thats the message from the Prime Minister as britain prepares to celebrate the new year. Rishi sunak promised a Brighter Future in his new years message with tax cuts and a reduction in National Insurance s, he described
From london, this is about 90 minutes. And on the dot, we are starting this session was the Prime Minister on the last day of the house of commons. Thank you for giving us your time. We will do our utmost to keep the time, as i understand you have urgent appointments immediately following. It does mean that with the number of chairs we have got, we are limited to kind of 5. 5 minutes each, so if the questions are short, i can invite the Prime Minister to keep the answers short. I will start with the chairman on this matter, on this subject of global issues. Thank you. So good to see you. It is appropriate for you to appoint members of the cabinet and house of commons and the house of lock, but there is concern about how elected members of the house of commons can properly scrutinize a state based in the house of locke, and we are talking about growth issues here, so i wonder how you think it might be most appropriate for the house of commons to criticize the work . Thank you. It is com