do you work in education do you have children in school? are you worried how this will affect their studies and wellbeing? let me know by getting in touch with your comments and questions on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbc your questions. millions of people in the us prepare to head to the polls and vote in the midterm elections. new research suggests over half of young people between 11 18 are navigating a world outside of school that is increasingly isolated and home based. and the purr fect home? how one family turned their house into a cat rescue centre. thank you forjoining us at the bbc news channel this morning. new allegations of bullying have been made against the government minister sir gavin williamson claims which he denies. he s already facing two investigations a conservative party one and a parliamentary one after sending abusive text messages to the former chief whip, wendy morton. sir gavin williamson is currently minister without portfolio
of widespread unrest. taiwan s president tsai ing wen has pledged to bolster the island s combat power and defences in a major speech on taiwan s national day. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. there is one question which haunts the chancellor, haunts any chancellor of any political party stopping it is, what will the iss say? because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget or what we these days have to call fiscal event can be devastating for a politician. that verdict is treated like the word of god, not least by broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the iss on our programmes all the time. our guest is the director of the institute for fiscal studies, the ifs, paul johnston, welcome to political thinking. if the ifs is the word of god, that makes you got. how does that feel? very stran . e! got. how does that feel? very strange! the got. how does that