Ministers questions. It is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. He has vacated the chair for the Deputy Speaker. She will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his Budget Statement. He will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for Aboutan Hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. We will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the Chief Secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the Treasury Team and her shadow for labour. Here isjeremy hunt. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the Prime Minister reminded us of the Prime Minister reminded us of the need the Fight Extremism and heal divisions. I start today by r
In Downing Street to a warm reception and set to work on forming his new cabinet. No change in two of the big offices of state James Cleverly remains Foreign Secretary and jeremy hunt stays at the treasury. Suella braverman returns as Home Secretary less than a week after she resigned, and dominic raab is deputy Prime Minister. It comes as new figures show the task in hand with the price of some household basics soaring. You can see on the shelves when you going to the supermarkets, youve got to really think about making better choices. Got to really think about making better choices. ,. , better choices. Ultimately, the cost need to come better choices. Ultimately, the cost need to come down. Better choices. Ultimately, the cost need to come down. And better choices. Ultimately, the cost need to come down. And peoples. Need to come down. And peoples income need to come down. And peoples income needs to go up. Hello and welcome im ben brown live from Downing Street on another momentous
Is a pretty crucial question at the heart of this which is was the government taking concerns about this concrete seriously enough . And what we found out this morning which i think will be really tricky for the government is that ministers were told some years ago that more money was needed to deal with some of these building defects. Considerable increases in can in funding was needed, in fact the opposite happened and funding was reduced and rishi sunak was the chancellor at the time so undoubtedly Prime Minister will be asked whether he took these very seriously enough, whether one of the problem is that is now being faced is that there was not enough funding in the first place. I suppose there is a broader political question at this going to be asked which is has the government Austerity Drive which of course was quite a long time ago now but also some of the ramifications of that, the of that, how is that i had an impact as well . There will be many Opposition Politicians who qui
The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in bangladesh, where hes been meeting rohingya refugees, whove escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar. Now time to cross to the bbc Sports Centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, hugh woozencroft, and Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening. Jonny may is the hero for england as they keep up their perfect start in they keep up their perfect start in the six nations with victory over wales. Unstoppable ireland run away with victory against italy with Jacob Stockdale scoring two of their eight tries. Hoping to erase the painful memories of four years ago, Elise Christie puts in a world Class Performance to make the 500 metres short track quarter finals at the Winter Olympics. And a full round up of the day s football as it is goal scoring ioi from harry kane as he teaches arsenal a lesson, spurs winning the north london derby. And australia demolish england to reach the final of the world twenty20 tri series down
Are people who are getting older and going through repossession proceedings from france and being called to a french court and really not being, not having the health. Not having the financial means, not having the where with all to deal with it. We will bring you the full exclusive story shortly. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Later in the programme were going to talk about the problems associated with giving birth to big babies. Its happening more and more and not only is it painfulfor us, it can also lead to complications for the child. Get in touch this morning if you gave birth to a whopper and send us your big baby pictures. For the purposes of this, were only interested in babies ten pounds or over. This is my own ten pounds 4 ounce baby. This wasjoe who was born ten years ago send in your pics i got into the delivery room at 3. 15 andi i got into the delivery room at 3. 15 and i said, are we going to fill president bath . I thought i was going to have