Todays budget might have left you with a bit more money in your pocket but some of the Public Services you rely on will face big Spending Cuts. So is it a vote winner . Mr chancellor of the exchequer. Cheering it was the last Spring Budget before the next election. Tonight well interrogate Whyjeremy Hunt made the announcements he did. And interrrogate one of his treasury ministers. Overall, the tax burden is going up. Correct . The tax burden is still too high, overall. Absolutely. And its going up . Well also talk to labours Campaign Chief. Well talk live to representatives of business and Public Sector workers and our Politics Panel is here to help us decode it all and tell us when we might be going to the polls. Todays was a budget that was as much about what comes next as about what comes now. Theres another 2p cut in National Insurance that will kick in soon but theres also the growing realisation that whoever wins the next election, they will face a daunting choice either oversee
that s according to the think tank, the high pay centre who have calculated that the average pay of top bosses will overtake the average full time workers annual pay by 1300 gmt today. joining me now is susannah streeter. happy new year. anybody looking at those and struggling on an annual salary of 34,963, the average, will be aghast. take a through the figures. be aghast. take a through the fiaures. . , be aghast. take a through the fiaures. ., , ., , be aghast. take a through the fiaures. . , ., ,, figures. it really does stick in the craw, figures. it really does stick in the craw. doesn t figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? this figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? this has - figures. it really does stick in the i craw, doesn t it? this has come out today and at a time when the cost of living crisis is still swelling in the uk and the ftse 100 has also the uk and the ftse10
germany. your speech suggests you don t acknowledge these things. if you cant don t acknowledge these things. if you can t see the problem, chancellor, why would voters believe you can chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix it? you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit ri . ht! you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! | think you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i think you you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i think you are - bit right! i think you are completely wrong. my entire speech is about how we deal with the productivity paradox that is at the heart of why we haven t seen that growth in real incomes, if we don t invest in improvements in our education system, in our skills, if we don t find opportunities for the millions of people who could work and contribute to our economy back down at the moment, we are not going to s
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. she was killed on a film set when mr baldwin fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico. hannah gutierrez reed, the film s armourer, has also been charged. our west coast correspondent, sophie long, sent this update from los angeles. just under two weeks ago, we learned that they were intending to file these formal charges. and along with that several documents have been filed to the court, a statement of probable cause and it really details what they alleged or how they allege alec baldwin had failed in his duty of care, both as an actor and producer. he faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter and the list is long, and the reasons they say put forward accusing h
how local lad sean longstaff has these newcastle fans dreaming, as the club reach a first final since 1999. it s official liverpool has become the host of this year s eurovision song contest in a special handover ceremony in the city. it isa it is a dry and bright day in the south and east, but expect some rain in the north and west. the strong winds will gradually ease. good morning. it s wednesday, 1st february. hundreds of thousands of workers are going on strike today, in the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. among them are more than 100,000 teachers in england and wales. teachers in some parts of scotland are also taking action in a separate dispute. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted, with many having to close. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it s been a familiar sight in scotland for months. but for the first time in seven years, teachers in england, and teachers and support staff in wales, are joining the act