We heard earlier a man had been detained, it now turns out to be a 17 year old boy from the area. We were hearing it is being treated as a major incident because of the number of people injured. Witnesses said that children were amongst the numbers hurt and also some had been taking to the alder hey children s hospital. We will have more developments on the developing story throughout the evening here on bbc news. Let s return to the statement on spending cuts that the chancellor outlined today. She said that having got into office it was clear to her that the outgoing previous conservative government had on funded spending commitments to the tune of billion pounds this year. 22 billion. We ve heard from the budget of possibility saying they re going to review the basis on which the budget by the conservative government in march was made. But speak to pauljohnson from fiscal studies to get the reaction of what rachel reeves is on today, which included scrapping commitments or certain i
hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament, where the chancellor sets out his budget to repair the nation s finances after coronavirus. rishi sunak announces an extension to furlough and higher universal credit, but a freeze on tax thresholds and a tax increase for big business. i recognise they might not be popular, but they are honest. but labour reckons the plans fall short of what s needed. what we got was a budget that papered over the cracks rather than rebuilding the foundations. angry exchanges in the scottish parliament as the row over the alex salmond case continues. there s no argument. if nicola sturgeon broke the ministerial code. the argument is only- about how badly she broke it. this is just about desperate political games for the conservatives! also on this programme, cross party condemnation of a planned cut in aid for yemen. and, in a rare appearance before mps, david cameron says his government did plan for a pandemic, but not the one we re facing
now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, as borisjohnson sets out his plan to reopen england slowly easing lockdown between now and the end ofjune. a wretched year will give way to a spring and a summer that will be very different and incomparably better than the picture we see around us today. labour says this has to be the last shutdown and welcomes the data driven approach. i m glad the prime minister spoke today of caution, of this being irreversible, of assessing the data and following the evidence. those are the right guiding principles. the education secretary announces that teachers will grade exams in england this summer. young people will be ablel to look forward to the next stage of their lives with confidence. . but labour thinks he could have acted sooner. i can t help wondering why he only trusts teachers when there s a chance to make them responsible for what happens with exams, rather than his department. and the lo