And other Nhs Staff in line with workers elsewhere in the economy. If as expected the chancellor agrees to that, it will cost the treasury an extra £3. 5 billion according to the institute for fiscal studies. But if Pay Reviews for other Public Sector workers police, doctors, dentists And Prison Staff come up with a similar number the ifs warns this could quickly rise to ten billion. Heres our Business Editor faisal islam. It is not a budget. This is the most important statement of this new chancellor. Weve heard a lot about the tens of millions of Pounds Gap from this audit of Spending Pressures inherited by this government from the previous government from the previous government that will, they say, be revealed in a document listed. Weve heard less about the idea that the chancellor may stAnd up And try to close that gap with a series of projects axed And other spending restraint, at least start to close that gap, starting in this financial year, it is unusual, And a lot of this pr
Welcome to the programme starting with venezuela, where Nicolas Maduro has accused his opponents of trying to mount a coup following widespread claims that his Re Election as president was a fraud. Within the last couple of hours, Security Forces used Tear Gas to disperse anti maduro protesters in caracas, and armed soldiers are heading for the president ial palace in caracas. Nine Latin American countries have requested an Emergency Meeting of the Organisation Of American States to discuss Venezuelas President ial election. The venezuelan opposition has rejected the outcome as fraudulent. The us, brazil, and spain are among the countries to ask for full transparency over the Vote Count and results. Our South America Correspondent Ione Wells sent us the latest from caracas. This afternoon in caracas, thousands of people have started walking towards the president ial palace to protest the disputed election results. All day today, there have been people on The Streets and in their homes
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are miatta fahnbulleh, chief executive of the new Economics Foundation and anne ashworth, property and Personal Finance commentator. the i leads on the story on all of the front pages the calls from across the House Of Commons for borisjohnson to resign after he admitted to attending a number 10 bring your own booze Lockdown Party last year. The metro says despite the Prime Minister issuing a heartfelt apology, and that he believed he was attending a work event, mps were only angered further with labour leader sir keir starmer saying the public thought the Prime Minister was lying through his teeth. The ft called it the toughest day of borisjohnson s premiership, with tory mps and the scottish conservatives leader douglas ross admitting they would be submitting letters of no confidence in the Prime Minister, which could lead to a vote on his leadership. The mail says the Prime Minister
As moscow threatens to turn off the taps. Russia is trying to punish moldovan citizens because they decided to vote against the pro Russian Party at the parliamentary elections so it is pure politics. The queen withdraws on medical advice from hosting a reception at the Global Climate summit in glasgow. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The uk Chancellor Rishi sunak will deliver his budget and Spending Review today. A number of policies have already been announced, but the government is under pressure to do more to help people struggling with the rising Cost Of Living. So far, weve been told there will be a rise in the National Living wage from £8. 91 per hour to £9. 50, and an end to the pay freeze for Public Sector workers. Therell be £5. 9 billion for nhs england to tackle the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans. And £2. 6 billion to be spent on creating 30,000 new School Places for children with special Educational Needs and disabiliti