and i m chris rogers the other stories on bbc news. several regions of ukraine occupied by russia begin voting in so called referendums on whether to become part of russia. protests continue across iran after the death of a young woman detained by the morality police . her father says they lied about how she died. and some promising news. scientists say a new type of cancer therapy is looking hopeful. hello, i mjoanna gosling, in westminster ahead of the government s mini budget annoncement this morning. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng is expected to unveil tax cuts and increases in public spending as part of plans to boost economic growth. it s not a full budget that s due later this year but it still has some pretty sizeable changes.let s have a look at what could be announced. the chancellor will confirm it will let people keep more of their earnings by cutting national insurance contributions & go through with the plan to cut corporation tax. the government could als
behind me. with me now is katy balls deputy political editor of the spectator, not a budget. 0bviously not a budget. obviously a lot of talk around, with the economics of that, in terms of the politics, how are you this? are you this? this is a big change from the past are you this? this is a big change from the past two are you this? this is a big change from the past two years - are you this? this is a big change from the past two years of - from the past two years of conservative government. i think that lots of thank you have been hearing ministers saying they want to do, there has been a reason not to do, there has been a reason not to do, there has been a reason not to do, you will see kwasi kwarteng try to do today. as you mentioned, it is not officially a budget, it is a mini budget, ithink the it is not officially a budget, it is a mini budget, i think the sensing government is this will be a bigger fiscal event than the official budget. because we did not have an
earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, nick eardley. i asked him whether further restrictions in england were expected. we know that ministers in london have been saying pretty regularly over the last few days that any new restrictions would have to be a last resort. it s something they want to avoid unless completely necessary. hearing ministers this morning on the airwaves, they are saying the data they have at the moment does not point towards the need for more restrictions. that s despite the record number of positive cases we ve seen in the last few days, a million people in the uk testing positive for covid in the last seven days, and the fact that in scotland, wales and northern ireland, the devolved governments have gone further and introduced more restrictions after christmas so the message this morning from ministers is that at the moment,
things to have staff that can serve the health service. the other thing it questions is, the government has this intention of having nightingale hospital is set up. if we don t have the staff around existing facilities, hospitals and gp practices, you won t have the staff for the nightingale units at all. thank you, doctor, for talking us through that comprehensively. let s talk to our political correspondent, nick eardley. is there any prospect of more restrictions coming on in england any time soon? i restrictions coming on in england any time soon? any time soon? i think it looks unlikely at any time soon? i think it looks unlikely at the any time soon? i think it looks unlikely at the moment. - any time soon? i think it looks unlikely at the moment. we i any time soon? i think it looks . unlikely at the moment. we know any time soon? i think it looks - unlikely at the moment. we know that ministers in london have been saying pretty regularly over the last few days that any new
it s a pity that it was done at this stage it s a pity that it was done at this stage and it s a pity that it was done at this stage and not earlier. stage and not earlier. there is nothin: stage and not earlier. there is nothing in stage and not earlier. there is nothing in this stage and not earlier. there is nothing in this debate - stage and not earlier. there is nothing in this debate about i stage and not earlier. there is i nothing in this debate about the kind of supply chain model that we have been running in this country for a long time now. partly because of the convenience of the europeans in the market, the kind ofjust in time model. maybe it s not a bad thing if we move away from that, but actually getting to that stage is going to take time. i was talking and this is not a joke, talking to johnny baker, the candlestick maker, in my village, and he was saying he only used a taken three weeks to get a pallet of soil and now it takes 20 weeks. those kinds of change