will save the average worker about £75. but is that the budget rabbit that conservative backbenchers were after? the answer plainly is no, but the truth is, there was simply not enough money to deliver the cut in income tax they had demanded. after the measures announced today, the office for budget responsibility estimated the chancellor has just £8.9 billion of headroom left, down from the 13 billion he had in the autumn statement. that the second smallest on record, yet the chancellor gave us a relatively optimistic view of the economy, after covid, a war in europe, and the damage inflicted on the british economy economy this, he said, was a budget for long term growth. today s obr forecast also shows that we have made good progress on the prime minister s three economic priorities. compared to when the three pledges were made, inflation has halved, debt is falling in line with our fiscal rules, and growth is fully 1.5 percentage points higher than predicted. clamourin
the houthis, who have claimed responsibility, say the crew had rejected its warning messages. and a russian missile strike has hit the ukrainian city of odesa during a visit by the greek prime minister. russia has confirmed it carried out an attack on odesa, saying it targeted a maritime drone facility. good evening. nikki haley has announced she is suspending her presidential bid. this is cnn breaking news. nikki haley will announce today that she is exiting the presidential race. and we are beginning with some breaking news for you, nikki haley is suspending her presidential campaign today. breaking news this morning, i nikki haley will be delivering remarks in charleston, south carolina later this morning. it is being reported that she is going to announce she is dropping out of the race. guys, we are getting significant news in. reports that nikki haley has called for news conference at 10am eastern time this morning. some reports that she may suspend her campaign. we
the british government says it will deliver a series of warnings to israel if it doesn t allow more aid into gaza. lord cameron said there was dreadful suffering inside gaza and pointed out israel is the occupying power. he was speaking in london before meeting benny gantz, a member of israel s were cabinet. the situation is member of israel s were cabinet. tue: situation is very member of israel s were cabinet. tte: situation is very bad member of israel s were cabinet. tte: situation is very bad because member of israel s were cabinet. tte: situation is very bad because we ve been pushing for this aide to get in. we had a whole set of things we ve asked the israelis to do. i have to report to your lordship s house that the amount of aid in february was about half of january. patients need to run very thin. starting with the meeting i have with benny gantz when he visit the uk. ., ., , ., with benny gantz when he visit the uk. ., ., uk. that meeting has not happen. of cour
but the final test at least gives them the opportunity to end the tour on a high. they ve made one change for the match in daramsala, mark wood coming in for ollie robinson. here s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. seven weeks on tour, and england find themselves at the summit of the cricketing world. topographically. the territory of daramsala offers all sorts of different perspectives. some met the speeches spiritual leader of buddhism. we expect the dalai lama remains neutral. england s captain has his perspective on that. i think that s not. i look at it differently with completely different angles. i think we ve definitely progressed as a team. although we ve not got the results we wanted. but you know, 3 2 sounds better than 3 1 or 4 1. we look to win every game we go about and play. it s not worked out that way in terms of results, but we ve got one last push here. india always is tough when you play five games. we ve got one last big push here. yeah, they re excited