Insists there will be no return to austerity. Welcome back. The Chancellor Rachel reeves was striking a very different Tone Today on that Painful Budget coming up in october. In her address to the Labour Party Conference, she was focusing on the long Term Prize she promises will follow if labour can restore some stability. The much promised change in emphasis follows a Report Week that suggested a Consumer Sentiment had dropped last week that suggested a Consumer Sentiment had dropped Like A Stone through august a number of Business Leaders blaming the governments messaging for that. Today, though, the chancellor said any tax rises she introduces will not affect hard pressed working families. Therell be no return to austerity and she has pledged to continue spending on infrastructure. There will be no return to austerity. Conservative austerity was a destructive choice cheering Conservative Austerity was a destructive choice for our public services and for investment and growth, too. W
Also coming up, the sting operation underway in wales. Police hunt for 14 stolen beehives. Is it a job for the beehives. Is it a job for the flying squad, as the beekeepers warn , the thefts are part of a warn, the thefts are part of a growing trend. Growing trend. First, lets get all your headunes first, lets get all your headlines now with rhiannon jones. Pitt thank you. Good afternoon. Its 12 01. Your top stories from the gb newsroom. Stories from the gb newsroom. The private sector is being called on to help clear the backlog and cut record high waiting lists. 13 new Community Diagnostic Centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans , checks and tests. Eight scans, checks and tests. Eight of the new facilities will be operated by independent companies , but services will be companies, but services will be free to patients. Five will be run by the nhs. Free to patients. Five will be run by the nhs. The latest run by the nhs. The latest figures sho
welcome back. the british government has walked away from a post brexit trade deal with canada, after nearly two years of negotation. the uk also had concerns about the steep 245% import taxes canada has slapped on british cheese. it means, at least for now the uk s trading terms, with canada will be worse than when it was part of the eu. live to westminster, we can speak to political correspondent helen catt. dead and buried orjust on the back burner? fin dead and buried or “ust on the back burner? , h, burner? on pause, the uk government sa 5 burner? on pause, the uk government sa sit burner? on pause, the uk government sa s it sa s burner? on pause, the uk government says it says it s burner? on pause, the uk government says it says it s open burner? on pause, the uk government says it says it s open to burner? on pause, the uk government says it says it s open to reopening - says it says it s open to reopening these trade talks but as he just pointed out, they ha
last night, it rolled into the frozen tundra of iowa and crushed the opposition. it was a historic night for the former president. he took 51% of the vote. and on the evidence of this result, the gop is entirely his party. it poses huge questions for his two remaining opponents the florida governor, ron desantis, who came second, ahead of the former south carolina governor, nikki haley. but right now, it s not a race for second it is a race for relevancy. trump s rebound is all the more stunning for this reason. he faces a multitude of charges and allegations, he could even be convicted before he takes office. and on leaving iowa this morning, he went straight to a courtroom in manhattan for the opening of a defamation trial. the court cases are now part of the campaign. i really think this - is time now for everybody, our country, to come together. we want to come together, - whether it is republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we cou
much reaction thus far in the united states but of course we will bring that as and when we get it. let s pause for a moment and get a check on the sport. after 2a seasons and six super bowl titles, bill belichick is leaving the new england patriots. it ends an era of historic success at the nfl franchise, with its owner calling belichick the best coach of all time. despite his achievements in new england, the patriots lost 13 of their 17 regular season games in 2023, finishing bottom of their division and handing belichick his worst ever win?loss record for a season. all nine super bowl appearances came alongside tom brady, but once the quarterback left, the patriots only reached the playoffs one more time. belichick is 71, but he s only 1a wins behind the legendary dawn shula wins behind the legendary don shula in all time nfl victories and is likely to continue his career elsewhere. after a series of discussions with meet robert and i have agreed i have agreed mutually to