the truth is taxes are still going up. people feel worse off because they are worse off. so this morning, we have one big question in what direction would labour drive the economy? the woman in charge of the party s calculator, rachel reeves, who wants to be the next chancellor is here. the budget promised extra cash to get more bang for taxpayers bucks in the health service. we ll ask the health secretary, victoria atkins, what difference that will make. and what s it like when your body won t do the amazing things you used to do the lead singer of del amitri tells us how parkinson s hasn t stopped him taking to the stage. morning, morning. helping me out at the desk for the next 60 minutes, chef and green campaigner hugh fearnley whittingstall, john lewis boss dame sharon white, and lord michael howard, former conservative leader, and one time shadow chancellor, too. a very warm welcome to all of you. making the news this morning. the sunday times says boris johnson we
while handling conflicts abroad? the prime minister s right hand man oliver dowden is here to answer that question. from salford, labour s lisa nandyjoins us too. he s been caught in the headlines for the wrong reasons of late in charge during the post office scandal. but how does ed davey, the lib dem leader, want to change the script in this year of a general election? and, a week on from the death of alexei navalvny we ask the estonian prime minister what s it like to be one of putin s most wanted. good morning. with you and me for the next 60 minutes halima begum, the boss of the charity action aid, andy burnham, the labour mayor of greater manchester, now author, and therese coffey, who was deputy prime minister herself in liz truss cabinet. she is now a conservative backbench mp. a warm welcome to all three. and welcome to you, too. so let s first of all catch up with what s making the news. keir starmer accuses rishi sunak of harbouring extremists in his party