hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk s leading columnists, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to their audiences back home, from the dateline london. this week, borisjohnson s stay of execution, the uk s inflation problem and why joe biden has a problem keeping nato allies on side over ukraine. to discuss all that, we are joined by marc roche, a columnist and correspondent with the french news magazine le point and isabel hilton, who is distinguished as a foreign correspondent, and this has been followed by founding china dialogue, improving the understanding of china s environmental challenges. here in the studio, the bbc s business editor, simonjack. welcome to all of you, good to have you all with us this weekend. now, it is official, everything in the uk is going up. the number of conservative mps demanding a vote on whether to replace the prime minister, the number of labour mps, after this we
bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to their audiences back home, from the dateline london. this week, borisjohnson s stay of execution, the uk s inflation problem and whyjoe biden has a problem keeping nato allies on side over ukraine. to discuss all that, we are joined by marc roche, a columnist and correspondent with the french news magazine le point and isabel hilton, who is distinguished as a foreign correspondent, and this has been followed by founding china dialogue, improving the understanding of china s environmental challenges. here in the studio, the bbc s business editor, simonjack. welcome to all of you, good to have you all with us this weekend. now, it is official, everything in the uk is going up. the number of conservative mps demanding a vote on whether to replace the prime minister, the number of labour mps, after this week s defection and the odds on borisjohnson surviving in office. none of that can be blamed on i
as a foreign corerespondent has been followe by founding hina dialogue, improving understanding of china s followed by founding china dialogue, improving understanding of china s environmental challenges. here in the studio, the bbc s business editor simonjack. make business editor simonjack. welcome to all of you. have make welcome to all of you. good to have ou make welcome to all of you. good to have you with make welcome to all of you. good to have you with us. it s official, everything in the uk is going up the number of conservative mps demanding a vote on whether to replace the prime minister, the number of labour mps after this week s defection, and the odds on borisjohnson surviving in office. none of that can be blamed on inflation, which has hit a near 30 year high more on that later. the parlous state of mrjohnson s fortunes was laid bare in two appearances this week. challenged repeatedly in a tv interview about parties in downing street during covid loc
novak djokovic s australian open prospects still up in the air as ministers consider their visa decision. and the intermission is over cirque du soleil are back in london after a covid enforced hiatus celebrating their 25th anniversary. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew is returning his royal and military titles to the queen, and will no longer be referred to as his royal highness in any official capacity. it comes after a court ruling in the us which left the prince facing a civil case later this year against virginia giuffre. she says she was sexually assaulted by him two decades ago when she was a teenager. he has consistently denied the allegations. prince andrew retired from public duties in november 2019 after an interview about the claims with the bbc s newsnight, and will now have to defend the court case as a private citizen. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it was a d
the most and conservative thing i could do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing. that s just cutting taxes and saying future generations have to pick up the tax after. i won t to do that. but i do want, where it s possible to do so, responsibly, to move towards a lower tax economy, and i d hope to show a pass in that direction. but this will be a prudent and responsible budget for long term growth, tackling inflation, my investments, morejobs, and that s path to lower taxation as and when we can afford it. but you said also, that the forecast from the obr, which is the economic watchdog which marks your homework, you have said that the numbers have gone against us. so the picture is bleaker than it was at the beginning of the year? why then are you looking now to cut taxes at all? these forecasts change the whole time. what happened in the autumn was that the forecast went in our favour unexpectedly, quite close to the end. so i was able to introduce the biggest busi