Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
Not to return to haiti. You are watching bbc news. A new report on the Church Of Englands historic links to slavery is about to be published. It follows a report last year into the churchs Investment Funds historic links to transatlantic slavery which at the time prompted it to announce a £100 million fund for a programme of investment, research and engagement to try to address past wrongs. We go across now to a News Conference taking place by an independent Oversight Group that was appointed by the Church Commission for england. It is taking place at lambeth palace. Some of it is virtual but we willjoin the conference now. To virtual but we will oin the conference now. Virtual but we will oin the conference now. ,. ,. , conference now. To give you opening remarks before conference now. To give you opening remarks before we conference now. To give you opening remarks before we go conference now. To give you opening remarks before we go on conference now. To give you opening remarks be
Wednesday and beyond, High Pressure building across in scandinavia, low pressure out to this programme continues on bbc one. Later this year, you will choose your next government. Tonight, ahead of what could be the last budget before that election, the people of Doncaster East tell us what their life is like, and what they would like to hear from politicians in the coming months. Election, the people of Doncaster East tell us what their life is like, and what they would like to hear from politicians in the coming months. Good evening and welcome to lincolnshire. The chancellor delivers his budget in two days time, and that could be the last big economic announcement before the next general election. Showers elsewhere but many again will have a predominately dry day on wednesday, its the successor to the don valley seat, a former Coal Mining Area where voters elected only labour mps from 1922 to 2019. Thats when the conservatives wanted for the very first time. Weve invited an audience
Wyrie davies has more. One positive note from cairo is that they have gone into a second day with delegation from hamas, egypt, qatar, and The Americans talking about the stability of a six or seven week ceasefire in gaza. But israel decided not to send a delegation. Israels says the preconditions it insisted upon that hamas should provide a list of the hostages who remain alive, and those who might be exchanged in a prisoner swap, or hostage swap, with the palestinians, that wasnt forthcoming. So israel has decided not to send a delegation to cairo. That has been criticised in many parts of the israeli media, and the israeli public, as an unsustainable position. That isnt to say that had israel gone to cairo, there would be an automatic ceasefire there would be others stumbling blocks. Hamas wants the withdrawal of israeli troops from Populated Areas of gaza and the citizens of gaza to be allowed to return to their home areas in northern gaza. And those are significant issues that isr
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