Economy and help families with permanent tax breaks. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. Ben king reports. The background to todays budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. But it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. The conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking Forjeremy Hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester, a seat the Lib Dems Hope to win. So what do people here think about tax cuts . I think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. Realistically, people arent going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in Public Services means Better Health care services. Itsjust much more important. I would prefer not to have a tax cut, but to see more money invested in the community. If the Public Services were properly organised, theres more than enough money to do it
japan says north korea s latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable, after it fired a suspected medium or long range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter, but the missile splashed down outside its territory. jean makenzie has more seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballistic missile. so these are the missiles that can, in theory, reach all the way to the us mainland. it appeared for one moment this morning that it was going to touch down very close to japanese territory. or at least that s what the japanese government thought when they issued that warning to the residents on hokkaido. but, actually, north korea has done what it normally does when it fires these long range missiles it s fired it right up into space. but what this false alarm shows is that this region is now on high alert when it
hello and welcome. japan says north korea s latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable, after it fired a suspected medium or long range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter, but the missile splashed down outside its territorial waters. jean makenzie has more from seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballistic missile. so these are the missiles that can, in theory, reach all the way to the us mainland. it appeared for one moment this morning that it was going to touch down very close to japanese territory. or at least that s what the japanese government thought when they issued that warning to the residents on hokkaido. but, actually, north korea has done what it normally does when it fires these long range missiles it s fired it right up into space. but what this false alarm shows is that this reg
more will watch on television. there will be those, though, demanding that this annual spectacle comes to a finish. john maguire, bbc news, liverpool. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. hello, thank you, good afternoon. much, than it was this time yesterday on the south bank of england, the wind is much lighter, beautiful scene from a weather watcher on the coast in dorset. but that s not the whole story. while we do have some sunshine will also have some showers and some of those are on the heavy aside, and if you haven t seen one today there may still be one and it could even contain some hail and thunder. the shower is widespread across parts of scotland and into northern england. a little breezy for some of us but not as windy as it was yesterday. still feeling really rather cool for this time of year at a 9 13 c. it will get quite chilly overnight tonight with clearing skies and light winds. still some showers around particularly across scotland, northern i
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s kasa. bayern munich have suspended sadio mane from the club s match this saturday against hoffenheim for his misconduct after the 3 0 defeat to manchester city in the quarterfinals of the champions league on tuesday night. the 31 year old former liverpool winger has also been given a fine by the bavarian side after reports of a changing room bust up with team mate leroy sane. the two players were seen arguing towards the end of the match. and german papers allege mane punched his team mate in the face. in the pick of tonight s europa league quarter final ties, six times champions sevilla travel to old trafford to face manchester united, who will be without in form striker marcus rashford. the forward has scored 28 goals this season for the club, but is out due to groin strain. the man likely to replace him, anthony martial, and boss, ten hag praised the frenchman, saying he makes the side better. the 53 year o