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good evening from hull. we are at the streetlife museum, which celebrates this great port city s economy and transport. we ve been listening here to the chancellorjeremy hunt in his autumn statement unveiling his tax and spending plans for the year ahead including measures affecting the take home pay and household budgets of millions of people. we ll hear from our political editor chris mason and our economics editor faisal islam, and our cost of living correspondent colletta smith is here in hull with me. but first, let s look at some of the measures announced. there ll be tax cuts including a cut in national insurance from 12% to 10% for 27 million people. the state pension will increase by 8.5%, and universal credit and disability benefits will rise by 6.7%. but those on welfare must take a work placement if they are still looking for a job after 18 months or risk losing their benefits. and the overall picture for growth is gloomy the independent watchdog, th ....
good evening from hull, where on the day ofjeremy hunt s autumn statement we ve been talking to people here, about how they feel the chancellor s plans will affect them. we are at the street life museum which celebrates this great port city s economy and transport and from here we ll be assessing jeremy hunt s tax and spending plans for the year ahead including measures affecting the take home pay and household budgets of millions of people. there ll be tax cuts including a cut in national insurance from 12% to 10% for 27 million people. the state pension will increase by 8.5% and universal credit and disability benefits will rise by 6.7%. but, those on welfare must take a work placement if they are still looking for a job after 18 months or risk losing their benefits. and the overall picture for growth is gloomy the independent watchdog the obr says its forecasts for growth are sharply lower than predicted and that s for the next two years. the obr also say ....
this is bbc news the headlines. thousands more flee the intense fighting in northern gaza after israel opened another safe passage, but that escape route has now closed. fighting in the ruins close quarters combat continues between israeli forces and hamas militants close to the al quds hospital. there s violence too in the west bank at least ten palestinians are killed in the latest raid by israeli forces. former uk employees of mcdonald s begin legal action against the firm, accusing it of failing to protect them from abuse. union power! union power! and lights, cameras, back in action a tentative deal is reached that could bring the long running hollywood actors strike to a close. sport, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. hello from the bbc sport centre. a big win for new zealand in the cricket world cup which will boost their chances of getting to the semifinals. they beat sri lanka by five wickets in bangalore. ne ....
in the next few hours, after 118 days on strike. the dispute over pay, conditions and the threat of artificial intelligence to performers livelihoods has paralysed production at film studios and streaming services. it comes after the alliance of motion picture and television producers, representing the likes of disney and netflix, made a best and final offer to the union. suranjana tewari in singapore has been following the story. this is a huge for the business of hollywood? this is a huge for the business of hollywood? that s right this is the sag-aftra of hollywood? that s right this is the sag-aftra and - of hollywood? that s right this is the sag-aftra and it - is the sag aftra and it represents a lot of the actors who play the smaller roles, the lower level actors and they have reached a deal with the union that represents big streamers like disney and netflix. as you mention, they were one of two unions to go on strike this year, the others being the writers ....
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the hollywood actors union has called off its strike, which has caused major disruption to film and tv productions. to film and tv productions. the union says it s reached a tentative agreement with studios. welcome back. president biden has warned the united states will target any groups linked to iran s revolutionary guard corps after a strike on an arms depot in eastern syria wednesday which had been linked to earlier attacks on us bases. the pentagon says there have been a0 such attacks since the war in gaza began. what s more, we have video from the iran backed houthi forces in yemen. they claim to be of an american m09 drone being shot out of the sky. it further underlines the tensions in the wider region, where iran s proxies are threatening to expand the conflict. this is whatjohn kirby, the spokesman for the us s national security council, had to say in an interview with the bbc. we believe t ....