this man does the sums that tell the government how much money they have to spend. but why do they sometimes get it wrong? we ll ask the boss of indepent organisation the obr, richard hughes. it s michael gove s job to make sure the chance of a good life is spread fairly across the land, but can he level the country up when living standards are going down? labour s lucy powell has big plans for the bbc what s the problem she s trying to fix? and remember this act of courage? marina ovsyannikova famously interrupted live tv in russia to protest against the war in ukraine. she ll tell us about her astonishing escape. translation: i was thinking it was better for me translation: i was thinking it was better for me to translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back to - translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back to russia, | bet
in london and the mid 20s across parts of yorkshire. the big picture across our neck of the woods and how the weather systems will pass over the weather systems will pass over the next week or so. notice how this rain and wind at superhighway shoots off towards the north east, completely missing most of the uk. that s because we have an area of high pressure here that is basically steering the weather fronts away from us and that s why we have that sunny and very dry weather. not only that, as we head into next week and the end of next week, we will draw in a hot air from the end of next week, we will draw in a hot airfrom the near the end of next week, we will draw in a hot air from the near continent and it looks like it ll come from the east and south east and we will see hot weather across parts of wales and the south west of england. looking at some of the major towns and cities. cardiff, hot weather, 30. london probably mid 30s possible. warming up in edinburgh and belf
uk as millions face a hosepipe ban following the driestjuly in england since 1935, and drought fears grow. in the ft weekend liz truss rejects handouts as the best way to help households through the worst income squeeze in 60 years. she promises instead tax cuts and radical eco nomic reform. in the i business chief criticises vacuum at heart of the government with the prime minister and chancellor missing, as uk drifts into recession. according to the express archie battersbee s family prepares to say their final goodbyes as their battle to keep him alive reaches the end. the first pictures we ve seen on the front page. the first pictures we ve seen on the front page. the telegraph says that the nhs 111 system has been crippled by a cyber attack which has left patients struggling to get urgent appointments. according to the times this winter as few as six in ten patients will be dealt with by hospital a&e departments within four hours, as concern grows that the n
Welcome to bbc news. Labours Election Manifesto has been formally approved by the Party Leadership and will be published next week. Jeremy corbyn said the policies would be fully costed and would prove to be very popular with voters. Some of those policies had already been revealed after a version of the document was leaked overnight. It included proposals to re nationalise the railways and to scrap University Tuition fees in england. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more on the Campaign Events of the day. They wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. This was meant to be the grand unveiling of a labour poster, albeit on a waste ground in south london. But the party leader was nowhere to be seen. Its got a terrific slogan. Jeremy corbyn should have been selling the slogan. Hed been promised as top billing. But after the astonishing leak of a draft of labours complete manifesto. We were told he had other things to do. Mr lavery, mr gwynne, wheres mr corbyn . He wa