Announcements from the budget starting with tax. The chancellor has announced that National Insurance will be cut by another 2p. He says the cut which will begin next month is worth £450 a year for each worker. Mr hunt also announced. 0n taxes there will be a new tax on vaping products that will start in october 2026. The chancellor says thatis october 2026. The chancellor says that is to maintain the financial incentive to choose vaping over smoking. The chancellor finished his statement by Attacking Labour for the economy. We statement by Attacking Labour for the economy the economy. We today put this country back the economy. We today put this country back on the economy. We today put this country back on the the economy. We today put this country back on the path the economy. We today put this country back on the path to the economy. We today put this | country back on the path to lower taxes. Allowed to grow the economy versus no plan. A plan to Better Public Services versus no plan. Growth up, jobs up, taxes down. I commend the statement to the house in response to labour leaders are keir starmer called The Budget A Last Desperate Act and called on the government to call a General Election in may. Government to call a General Election in may. Government to call a General Election in ma. �. ,. , election in may. Britain deserves a Government Election in may. Britain deserves a government ready election in may. Britain deserves a government ready to election in may. Britain deserves a government ready to take election in may. Britain deserves a government ready to take tough. Government ready to take tough decisions. Give our Public Services in immediate cash injection, stick to for school rules without complaint, the Living Standards of working people and deliver a sustainable plan for growth. So we say to the chancellor Prime Minister, it is time to break the habit of 14 years, stop the gathering, stop the delay, stop the uncertainty and confirm may the 2nd is the date of the next General Election. Britain deserves better and labour are ready. Shifter election. Britain deserves better and labour are ready. And labour are ready. After the chancellor and labour are ready. After the chancellor had and labour are ready. After the chancellor had finished and labour are ready. After the chancellor had finished his and labour are ready. After the i chancellor had finished his Budget Statement in the comments he sat down with a Political Editor chris mason. This afternoon i had the chance to put questions to the chancellor on your behalf. I pointed out to him is taking £20 billion more in task in five years time. Even with todays cuts in National Insurance. People are being clobbered for the all the stocks of tax cut thats baloney people are paying more. Taxcut thats baloney people are paying more taxcut thats baloney people are paying more. One reason taxes are hither is paying more. One reason taxes are higher is because paying more. One reason taxes are higher is because the paying more. One reason taxes are higher is because the economy paying more. One reason taxes are higher is because the economy is i paying more. One reason taxes are i higher is because the economy is set to get back to more growth. If you look at the to get back to more growth. If you look at the threshold to get back to more growth. If you look at the threshold for to get back to more growth. If you look at the threshold for paying i look at the threshold for paying rates for tax are frozen as peoples incomes are rising and paying more. 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I guess we will have to wait electorate . What a tricky question. I guess we will have to wait for i guess we will have to wait for the opinion polling. As a couple of things for that you can see from Whatjeremy Hunt was saying we got a flavour with the clips you played. You could see the battle lines being drawn up. That is the conservatives are going to say look, the economy is turning around, difficult times, were on the right track, dont blow it by voting for the opposition in Casting Labour as a party of higher spending, taxing and barring is a party more of the left. You can see what the labour parties response is going to be witches, hang on a minute, why would anyone vote for you after 14 years of stagnating Living Standards . I think the concern to get back to the heart of your question, the concern that some conservatives will have is just that issue of political gravity after 14 years in office was at the extent to which the voters of britain are really particularly receptive to listening to the conservatives. You touched on listening to the conservatives. You touched on back listening to the conservatives. You touched on back of a tell us a bit more of the political background, the landscape in which were leading into the selection, notjust financial, social, but the whole works. I financial, social, but the whole works. ,. ,. ,. , works. I guess to take it all together works. I guess to take it all together the works. I guess to take it all together the landscape works. I guess to take it all together the landscape doesnt look very promising for the government and Conservative Party for a number of reasons. One, the sheer amount of time in office. We all know the powerful charm of time for a change for that the economic backdrop is difficult because one of the things confirm today is that Economic Growth is not going to be what it was before the financial crash in 2007. Of course for most western industrialised countries but true here. We know the squeeze on Public Services is sensed among many people that britain isnt perhaps working for that the of things that as they might photo you have Opinion Polls would suggest the voters are tuning out from the conservatives. Its a very difficult task. Out from the conservatives. Its a very difficult task. Rob, thank you for talkin very difficult task. Rob, thank you for talking us very difficult task. Rob, thank you for talking us through very difficult task. Rob, thank you for talking us through rob very difficult task. Rob, thank you j for talking us through rob watson our Political Correspondent live in west minister. Lets turn to the us politics. Donald trump is the last republican stand in. He was seen office final challenger for the parties president ial nomination. There was a former South Carolina governor nikki haley who pulled out of the rates for the white house after winning just one state in the Super Tuesday primaries. Speaking at her home state she wished him well but stop short of endorsing him. Have a listen. In all likelihood, donald trump will be the republican nominee when our Party Convention meets injuly. I congratulate him and wish him well. I wish anyone well who would be americas president. Our country is too precious to let our differences divide us. I have always been a conservative republican and always supported the republican nominee. But on this question, as she did on so many others, Margaret Thatcher provided some good advice when she said, quote, never just follow the crowd. Always make up your own mind. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. And i hope he does that. Hear his news of nikki haley pulling out of the race went across tv networks. Out of the race went across tv networke out of the race went across tv networks. ,. ,. ,. Networks. Nikki haley will announce toda that networks. Nikki haley will announce today that she networks. Nikki haley will announce today that she is networks. Nikki haley will announce today that she is exiting networks. Nikki haley will announce today that she is exiting the today that she is exiting the president ial race were beginning with breaking news, nikki haley is suspending her president ial campaign today. Suspending her president ial campaign toda. � a , suspending her president ial campaign toda. ,. , today. Breaking news, nikki haley will be delivering today. Breaking news, nikki haley will be delivering remarks today. Breaking news, nikki haley will be delivering remarks in will be delivering remarks in charleston will be delivering remarks in charleston south will be delivering remarks in charleston South Carolina i will be delivering remarks in. Charleston South Carolina later will be delivering remarks in charleston South Carolina later this morning charleston South Carolina later this morning its charleston South Carolina later this morning. Its been charleston South Carolina later this morning. Its been reported charleston South Carolina later this morning. Its been reported that i charleston South Carolina later this. Morning. Its been reported that she is going morning. Its been reported that she is going to morning. Its been reported that she is going to announce morning. Its been reported that she is going to announce he morning. Its been reported that she is going to announce he is morning. Its been reported that she is going to announce he is droppingl is going to announce he is dropping out of is going to announce he is dropping out of the is going to announce he is dropping out of the race is going to announce he is dropping out of the race. Out of the race. Were getting significant out of the race. Were getting significant news out of the race. Were getting significant news and out of the race. Were getting significant news and current l out of the race. Were getting i significant news and current reports that nikki haley has called for a News Conference at ten oclock eastern time this morning, reports that she may suspend her campaign for that we havent confirmed that yet. 0ur North America correspondent nomia iqbal gives analysis into haleys lack of endorsement for donald trump. I dont think it was a surprise that she didnt endorse donald trump in the end. I mean, her evolution has been pretty fascinating because Once Upon A Time she was incredibly loyal to donald trump in the way that you see many republicans are. But in this Year Long Campaign that thats been going on for the republican primary nomination, theres been a lot of bad blood between them. She has really struck out, going after him on everything, really attacking him over his age, his mental ability, calling him the candidate of chaos, pointing to his multiple indictments, going that bit further that you dont often see. Lots of republicans do. And so i think that it was inevitable that she she wouldnt really fully go out and she didnt go out at all and endorse him, instead appealing to him, saying, youve got to try and win over my voters. I dont think theres much interest by him to do that at his victory speech last night. He didnt even mention her. He didnt even mention trying to appeal to his voters. But President Joe Biden has seen this as an opportunity and he released a statement shortly after she announced that she was stepping down, saying that there was room in his campaign for nikki haleys supporters. Still to come on The World Today. A near miss for the ukrainian president. A Russian Missile landed just about 150 metres from president zelensky in the port City Of 0desa. And haitis gang leaders have threatened civil war unless the Prime Minister gives up war unless the Prime Minister gives up power. Around the world and across the uk this is The World Today on bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. Thousands of Indian Farmers are again trying to march to the capital delhi to demand minimum price guarantees for their crops. The farmers had suspended their strike at the end of february after a young farmer died during the protest. Delhis borders are heavily barricaded and police have been deployed in efforts to prevent the march. Six indian nationals have been arrested at bangkoks International Airport for attempting to smuggle a red panda and dozens of other animals out of the country thats according to thai custom officials. Snakes, parrots and Monitor Lizards were among 87 animals they were allegedly discovered in the suspects checked luggage as they tried to fly to mumbai. A uk cabinet minister, michelle donelan, has had to pay damages to an academic after wrongly suggesting the professor had publicly expressed sympathy for hamas. Its understood the costs paid to professor kate sang which are undisclosed have been covered by the taxpayer. Youre live with bbc news. Lets turn to sudan now because the World Food Programme has warned that the war there could lead to the Worlds LargestHunger Crisis. More than ten months of conflict between rival Military Forces has left thousands of people dead and more than Eight Million displaced. During a visit to a camp in neighbouring south sudan, the head of the wfp, cindy mccain, said the victims of the war had been forgotten. 0ur Deputy Africa editor, ann soy, explained some of the background to the conflict. Its an incredibly challenging situation for civilians who have been caught up in this war that has been described as senseless, between two Military Forces the national army, the sas and the rsf, the Rapid Support forces, who fell out in april of last year. There have been rounds of talks brokered by regional governments in the whole of africa as well as arab states and backed by western nations like the united states. But still, they havent yielded. Lasting peace. Lets speak to mandeep o brien. She is unicef� s Country Representative for sudan. Clearly this is an issue which a lot of the International Community is talking about but perhaps not paying enough attention to for the tell us if you would just how difficult things are for people there. Thank ou for things are for people there. Thank you for having things are for people there. Thank you for having me. Things are for people there. Thank you for having me. What things are for people there. Thank you for having me. What sudan i things are for people there. Thank you for having me. What sudan is | you for having me. What sudan is experiencing as a result of this brutal war is a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportion. Half of this country are children below 18 years. That is around 24 million kids of whom 14 million are in desperate need of life saving assistance. In fact 4 million children have been forced to flee their homes. Which makes sudan the Worlds LargestChild Displacement Crisis for the as we speak 19 million children are out of school pushing sudan to become a generational catastrophe. Again, close to 8 million kids cannot drink clean water as a result of which they are highly vulnerable to Waterborne Diseases such as cholera that were navigating in several parts of the country. All this to say the situation is catastrophic for the children are bearing the heaviest burden of these hostilities. This war needs to stop now and children need peace. What now and children need peace. What are the difficulties now and children need peace. What are the difficulties that now and children need peace. What are the difficulties th