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fresh scrutiny to this case, to understand what went wrong to ensure that lessons are learned for the future. and to provide answers to all victims and survivors in this case. i have asked my officials to start immediate preparatory work to set up the inquiry. as part of that work, they will explore different options for who would lead to such an inquiry. after discussing this with the family, we are in agreement that what is most important is that the person who leads the inquiry has the person who leads the inquiry has the confidence of the family, understand their trauma and has the necessary expertise to lead an inquiry of this nature and importance. this includes looking at judiciary within and outwith scotland. to be clear, i have faith and confidence in the independence and confidence in the independence and integrity of the scottish judiciary. however, there is some president in looking beyond scotland for a chair president in looking beyond scotland fora chaira ....
vaping and smoking, but the office for budget responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. here s our business correspondent, emma simpson. did you catch any ofjeremy s budget? it was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the conservative party. but was it enough? i think it s good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. but then if you think about the cost of living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, we re in a position where we re living off savings. i think they re trying to do it in light of a general election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit - to the country is. the centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to national insurance, a tax paid by workers. so who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes t ....
what exactly do we know about tomorrow s budget? let s look at the bi icture tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and then tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and then the tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and then the detail. - tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and then the detail. the l big picture and then the detail. the economic reality, the economy is stagnant. we are in recession. albeit a shallow one. taxes are through the roof by any recent historic standard. and family finances feel squeezed. then there is the political reality, the conservatives have been in government for yonks and there has been more than the odd economic and political calamity and their ratings, their popularity, is really poon ratings, their popularity, is really poor. so, enter the chancellor. ratings, their popularity, is really poor. so, enterthe chancellor. no pressure the ....
was found in a remote wood in south lanarkshire. here s our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing. but when her sister died of cancer, she turned to drugs and prostitution. her killer was iain packer. for a quarter of a century he carried out a campaign of sexual violence against women. now emma s mother wants to know why one of britain s worst sex offenders remain free for so long. margaret believes that officers systematically sabotaged an investigation into packer for a decade, and have blood on their hands. margaret caldwell now wants a public inquiry. i ve gone this far, i m going on. ijust want the truth, i want the truth to come out. scotland s first minister says a judge led inquiry is being considered, given the systematic failings in the case. i m looking forward to hearing directly from margaret caldwell, and then, of course, rightly, as you d understand, we d update parliament in terms of any next steps that we choose to ....
documentary exposed failings in that original police investigation. the bbcjournalist original police investigation. the bbc journalist who original police investigation. the bbcjournalist who investigated iain packer named him, confronted him as the man most likely to have killed emma. he denied the crime and said he was not a violent person. he said he was not a violent person. he said he did not kill emma caldwell. the journalist gave it during the trial. her two interviews with iain packer in that documentary which were used in that documentary which were used in the court case to convict him are now included in a new documentary that will be available on the iplayer. it takes a deeper look at the original murder inquiry and what went wrong and it exposes some of the decisions which were allegedly made which left iain packer free to carry on attacking women for another 17 years. as you said, emma s mother was in court to hear the verdict, as were many other of, many ....