In National Insurance, average households are still likely to be worse off at the end of this year than they were five years ago. The Institute For Fiscal Studies also says the budget did not tackle the long Term Economic choices and challenges the country is facing. It accused both the conservative and Labour Parties of a Conspiracy Of Silence in failing to address those challenges. Our chief economics correspondent, dharsini david, is here. Tell us more about what the Institute For Fiscal Studies as saying. In Institute For Fiscal Studies as sa in. ,. , Institute For Fiscal Studies as sa inc. ,. , saying. In the run up to budget, it is u to saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials to saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials to burn i is up to treasury officials to burn the midnight oil and get the details together and now
expected to give the former president his toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor ron desantis getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. trump used it to pummel the republican field, including marco rubio and jeb bush who he turned into a campaign punching bag. in a moment, randi kaye looks into whether desantis will do better. first, the political waters he is about to jump into. in one way they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval now stands at 40%. new polling out late today shows this. with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that poll shows 34% approve of the way the president is handling the economy. desantis enters a large and growing field. five more are known to be weighing a run, including pence and sununu and chris christie and youngkin. it s the large field that some experts say will favor the former preside
good evening. tomorrow, the man who many expected to give the former president s toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor, ron desantis, getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching the campaign in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. his opponent s former favorite megaphone. which he used in 2016, of course, to pummel the rest of the republican field, including former florida senator, marco rubio, and floor jeb bush, who you turn first into a verbal punching bag, then a campaign punchline, and finally, a political footnote. in a moment randi kaye looks ahead to whether governor desantis will do any better against those kind of tactics. first, the kind of political waters he is about to jump into. in one way, they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval, now stands at 40%. a new cnn polling out late today. and with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that same p
fashion icon. here in the uk, lucy letby, the nurse accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill ten others, has been giving evidence for the first time in her trial. she cried in the witness box and told the jury she only wanted to help and care for the babies she was looking after at the countess of chester hospital. she was looking after at she denies all the charges against her. this report from ellie price contains some distressing detail. the parents of lucy letby, arriving at manchester crown court. their daughter s trial has been going on for the last six months. today, she gave evidence for the first time. fighting back tears, she was asked by her defence lawyer ben myers kc how she felt to be accused of killing babies and to have her job as a nurse taken away from her. letby said it left her feeling very isolated and her mental health deteriorated. she told the court, there were times when i did not want to live, i thought of killing myself. she was asked wh
that are left, there needs to be points picked up and the difficulty is you are looking at the fixtures, we start with an easy one on saturday, you can t get any easier than manchester city away, but i enjoyed the game so much, to try to be able to keep this in the premier league is a big responsibility and a big challenge, but one i m prepared to take, because of who leeds united l. at the other end of the table, arsenal s stint at the top could be cut short by manchester city if they beat west ham later on. arsenal climbed back to the top after beating chelsea 3 1 but pep guardiola s side are only two points behind. they have won ten of their last 11 league games and are unbeaten against the hammers since 2015. three new players have been added to the premier league hall of fame earlier rio ferdinand and petr cech were announced. and in the past hour, a third has been named, and it is. and a third to a few hours later, and it was. ..tony adams the former arsenal capt