Photos in the early hours of the morning. That was near Downing Street. Also energised and with me throughout the day is our political correspondent. And in our bbc new newsroom i am joined by Economics Correspondent andy verity. We will be looking at what this budget will mean for you and will be looking at the challenges of the government and what will happen in the years ahead and whoever takes power after General Election. He shouted there as a General Election and we know there will be one before next january is so there is politics that comes with this. This is the last budget before that General Election. The chancellor has promised that his plans will simulate stimulate the flagging economy. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. So what could be expected in todays Budget Ben King takes a look. The background to the budget has been gloomy but it looks like the Chancellor Will find room to cut taxes. The
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job vacancies in the uk fall for the eighth time in a row, according to latest figures published ahead of wednesday s budget whether government is expected to encourage more people back to work. a state of emergency s been declared in malawi, after tropical storm freddy struck the country for a second time, killing nearly 100 people. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear powered submarines, aimed at countering china s influence in the indo pacific region. under the aukus pact australia is to get its first nuclear powered subs at least three from the us. beijing has strongly criticised the significant naval deal. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. military band plays. a packed and democracies coming together to tackle a new and growing adversary, china. , . . . china. australia and the united kinudom china. australia
hi everyone, i m alicia menendez. new evidence from the january six committee this weekend. revealing the trump administration spoke to a rioter during the capitol attack. ex committee staff refers to share details of that call. needing a real aha moment it is connected to the rioters phone it s a big aha moment, what s in the white house was calling one of the riders while the right was going on? and you know who both ends of that call? i only know one and of the i don t know the white house and. an aha moment indeed, the january six committee confirms that this happened. it s not possessing the investigation months ago. since the departure they have earned out all of the leads and landed that they tell it about the committee. it comes out just before the next hearing. joining me, now democratic congressman of calm california. he s a former impeachment manager. his member the judiciary committee. congressman, what are you expecting from this committee hearing?