campaigner who wrote to him on the day ed davey took office in may 2010 requesting a meeting, saying that he represented a group of sub postmasters who are having issues or had had issues with horizon it system. some of them had of course been prosecuted on the basis of evidence from that faulty it system. now, ed davey didn t meet alan bates. he requested a meeting, alan bates. he requested a meeting, alan bates, but he didn t meet him in may. he did beat him a few months later in october. he was the first government minister to meet alan bates. 0f government minister to meet alan bates. of course, the question is why, in that time period, he hadn t taken action to meet him sooner. he apologised and said that he was acting, essentially, one advice that he was being given by civil servants at the time within his department. that is a theme that we have had today, both from ed davey and pat mcfadden. the post office, although the government is the owner of the post office, if
the argument has been for quite sometime for the biden folks that this will only affect the small slither of the population, about one-third of 1% of americans, but we ve been crunching the numbers. it would appear that that, expands a lot and includes potentially you as well. we ll explain as will senator steve danicas of the great state of montana get his read on this what he s concerned about but ahead of that let s get the read from mark meredith with the biden plan that i guess is going to be officially debuted in the state of the union address next week, right? reporter: yeah, neil you ll have to stay tuned but already details are starting to leak out good morning to you. next week, president biden is expected to call for another round of tax increases, this time, the focus on wealthier americans who make their money off of wall street, as you mentioned, the president will be laying out his plan for this potential $1.5 trillion in spending when he speaks to congress on
and ireland to host the 2030 world cup. also this hour, we take you to finland to catch some surf well, sort of! it s windsurfing on the ice. a warm welcome to the programme. and we begin in france today. it has changed its stance on the use of the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine, saying it can now be given to people aged between 65 and 7a. the french health authorities had previously restricted its use to younger people, the change comes after data from britain show it s highly effective in preventing serious illness and death. vishala sri pathma has more. the speedy rollout of the vaccine across the uk has meant 20 million people have had a jab in theirarm 20 million people have had a jab in their arm over the last few months, and new evidence suggests it s having a significant impact. public health england data shows a single shot of either the astrazeneca oxford or the pfizer cots the risk of needing hospital treatment for covid by “p hospital treatment for covid by u
this is a budget that didn t even attempt to rebuild the foundations of our economy, or to secure the country s long term prosperity. we ll be looking at the measures in detail, and the tax implications for individuals and for business. also tonight. scotland s first minister defends her handling of allegations of harrassment against her predecessor and former friend alex salmond. i must rebut the absurd suggestion that anyone acted with malice or as part of a plot against alex salmond. and, buckingham palace say they ll investigate claims, that the duchess of sussex bullied some members of her staff. and coming up in sport, on bbc news, rangers move within four points of the scottish premiership title as alfredo morelos leaves it late to beat livingston. good evening. the enormous cost of shoring up the economy because of the pandemic has been spelled out by the chancellor in today s budget. mr sunak revealed a series of measures that will take the uk s overall tax burden to
as moscow threatens to turn off the taps. russia is trying to punish moldovan citizens because they decided to vote against the pro russian party at the parliamentary elections so it is pure politics. the queen withdraws on medical advice from hosting a reception at the global climate summit in glasgow. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk chancellor rishi sunak will deliver his budget and spending review today. a number of policies have already been announced, but the government is under pressure to do more to help people struggling with the rising cost of living. so far, we ve been told there will be a rise in the national living wage from £8.91 per hour to £9.50, and an end to the pay freeze for public sector workers. there ll be £5.9 billion for nhs england to tackle the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans. and £2.6 billion to be spent on creating 30,000 new school places for children with special educational needs and d