today s budget might have left you with a bit more money in your pocket but some of the public services you rely on will face big spending cuts. so is it a vote winner? mr chancellor of the exchequer. cheering it was the last spring budget before the next election. tonight we ll interrogate whyjeremy hunt made the announcements he did. and interrrogate one of his treasury ministers. overall, the tax burden is going up. correct? the tax burden is still too high, overall. absolutely. and it s going up? we ll also talk to labour s campaign chief. we ll talk live to representatives of business and public sector workers and our politics panel is here to help us decode it all and tell us when we might be going to the polls. today s was a budget that was as much about what comes next as about what comes now. there s another 2p cut in national insurance that will kick in soon but there s also the growing realisation that whoever wins the next election, they will face a daunting cho
we ll be asking the shadow leader of the commons and the scottish conservative energy spokesman is the only certainty here that we are going to max out our oil and gas? also tonight. is a runaway train set about to be stopped dead in its tracks? after more than £25 billion already spent or squandered, depending on your view is hs2 really heading for the buffers? how the chinese government is putting pressure on uyghur human rights campaigners around the world, including here in the uk, by getting to their families in china. they took my family hostage, putting me through this ordeal, but i still refused to betray my nation on my conscience. and the taliban silences music in afghanistan. we ll be speaking to one of the country s biggest music stars who fled for her life after the fall of kabul, and hearing traditional afghan music live in the studio. good evening. the prime minister announced an oil and gas bonanza in the north sea, including possibly the exploitation
hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. here s the best of what s coming up on the programme. liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league with victory at bournemouth. three points clear after three from lauren james. chelsea win the big match of the day in the wsl. and no chance against novak. the ten time champion hits top form as he heads to the quarter finals of the australian open. also coming up on sportsday. sale sharks slip out of the champions cup after being blown away by holders la rochelle. we will have the results from the final postage games. and england will be without harry brook for their test series in india. the batter s heading home for personal reasons. hello again. with a game to go of the premier league s staggered winter break, liverpool are going to end it five points clear at the top of the table. a 4 0 win at bournemouth extends their unbeaten run to 14 games. following a goalless first half, liverpool broke the deadlock t
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