the value of the pound has dropped again today by nearly a percent against the dollar as investors digest the warning from the international monetary fund about the uk government s fiscal plans. the imf has openly criticised the plan for widespread tax cuts, warning the measures are likely to fuel the cost of living crisis and increase inequality. here s michelle fleury with more details in new york. one of the roles of the international monetary fund is to act as an early economic warning system, and it has just sounded the alarm over the uk s new tax and spending plans. in a statement, the fund warned, given elevated inflation pressures in many countries, including the uk, we do not recommend large and untargeted fiscal packages. even more pointedly, it suggested that the november 23rd budget presented an opportunity for the government to re evaluate tax measures, especially those that benefit high income earners. remember, as part of the uk treasury s policy to boost
queen elizabeth ii dead. her son, prince charles, is now king charles iii, officially. we learned queen elizabeth s doctors were quote, concerned about her health this morning. it was at the time, an extraordinary statement from a notoriously private buckingham palace. those words sent news outlets like ours into rolling wait and see coverage and thousands of well wishers to buckingham palace itself, watching those railings. that fencing. where all the royals most significant news is so often posted. from the birth of an heir to the death of a monarch. the queen did not pass at buckingham. she passed in scotland at the family s summer vacation home. balmoral castle. here is a post on that gate. you re seeing it here. the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. as the word broke about her health troubles, her family rushed up there. all of her children are at balmoral. prince william is also there, seen driving his uncles through the gates. prince harry is on his way
the stars and the black holes that appeared in our universe 13 billion years ago. tonight with the context, stefanie brown james, co founder of collective pac, the group campaigning for equal representation in american politics, and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. hello, welcome to the programme. donald trump knew there was no evidence to support his wild conspiracy theories that the election was stolen. his attorney general told him, his chief of staff told him, his white house council pat cippilone told him. but trump refused to believe the reality. today, the jan 6 committee honed in on an extraordinary series of meetings in dec 2020, in which white house staff got into a screaming match with trump loyalists, who somehow had gained access to the president office. rudi giulliani, general michael flynn and the lawyer sydney powell were feeding donald trump theories, without any evidence, that the election had been stolen. he said every video the judg
Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Lets get you up to date with the headlines from the gb news room. Two people have been killed and a third injured following a series of collisions in morning. A in coventry this morning. A pedestrian a car on pedestrian struck by a car on gosford street and a cyclist on woodway lane died of their injuries. The driver then made off after colliding with a house a short distance away. A 33 year old man is being questioned by police and the government is under pressure to reveal the exact number of schools at risk of collapse due to crumbling concrete labour is planning to force a vote to compel the Prime Minister to publish a list of all schools at risk with more than 100 told to fully or partially close days before the new term begins. Expert pts are warning the problem is being complicated by the coexistence of asbestos in schools and other pubuc of asbestos in schools and other public buildings. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the
Lee anderson. I cant wait to hear hes got to say about hear what hes got to say about the war of words between reform uk conservatives plus, uk and the conservatives plus, hes spent plenty of time in those calais camps. Thats all coming up in your hour. So coming up in your next hour. So as another man is tragically stabbed to death in the migrant camps along the french coast, im asking the question how crime ridden are these places . Later in the show, ill be joined by an investigative journalist who spent a lot of time there and will tell me this is the tip of the iceberg. Is just the tip of the iceberg. Lawless, full of human traffickers and criminal masterminds, thugs of all stripes. Are these really the sort of people we want coming to our country, ransacking the French Police , often too afraid French Police, often too afraid to get near them or simply cannot stop them as they launch their craft. Theres too much money, too many weapons, and too much vested interest for this to ca