Were at westminster in our Budget Studio on the day chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first budget. As the government prepares to start the process of leaving the eu within weeks the chancellor said the budget prepared britain for a brighter future. Borrowing forecasts have been revised downwards for the next few years. Theres more money for social care in england and a controversial move to raise National Insurance contributions for Self Employed workers. Labour accused the chancellor of producing a Budget Of Utter Complacency which ignored a crisis in Public Services. Well have details and reaction from westminster and beyond. But first lets take a look at those key announcements made by the chancellor earlier this afternoon. The chancellor announced a 1 increase in National Insurance bills for many Self Employed people plans that would raise £145 million a year by 2021 22 a pledge which appears to contradict a conservative manifesto pledge not to raise National Insurance. He
fathers, sons to this operation, but he says they are doing so in defence of russia. at some point he will perhaps have to say to russia that this will not go on forever, that he will have to go back to russians with some kind of victory. will that be enough if he says, i had secured the independence of those areas of eastern ukraine we went into defence? perhaps, it is hard to say, but there is a sense among the west that that might not be enough to vladimir putin, which is why i think there is very little optimism about there is very little optimism about the outcome of these talks, but as we keep saying the fact that both sides are talking, even at relatively low level, no leaders involved, not even foreign ministers at this stage, but that is perhaps granted to the very faintest optimism. granted to the very faintest optimism- granted to the very faintest otimism. , optimism. jenny hill in moscow, thank yom optimism. jenny hill in moscow, thank yom we optimism. jenny hill in m