Dog, pom. Pictures here of him out with his dog, poppy, in the early hours near Downing Street. Some nice pictures. The chancellor has promised his plans will stimulate the flagging economy and help family with permanent tax breaks. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. So what could be expected in todays budget . Ben king takes a look. The background to todays budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. But it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. The conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking Forjeremy Hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester, a seat the Lib Dems Hope to win. So what do people here think about tax cuts . I think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. Realistically, people arent going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in Public Services means B
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next hour to tomorrow s blockbuster trial in delaware. fox news defending itself against extensive evidence it told viewers a story of conspiracy and fraud in the 2020 election it knew wasn t true. on the panel to discuss is brian lanza, who was a member of donald trump s transition team, and the former labour leader kesia dugdale, now director of thejohn smith centre in glasgow. in other trump related news, senior republicans have been in manhattan today to investigate the district attorney alvin bragg s performance on violent crime. that would be the same alvin bragg who two weeks ago indicted donald trump. we will get the thoughts of our panel on that, and maybe we will test them on their maths. rishi sunak announced today he is setting up a review to tackle the anti maths mindset. notjust a uk problem us schools have experienced a recent fall in standards, too. but let s begin in delaware. in his summaryjudgment issued before this trial gets under way tomorrow, the judg
are being instructed to shelter in place as western governments try to figure out a means to safely evacuate them. also tonight, scientific censorship in china. crucial genetic sequencing that could have helped with the fight against covid, was deleted, covered up or withdrawn under pressure from party officials. we will speak to the new york times investigators. what about the transition to clean power? nine countries meeting in belgium today have commited to building an entire electricity system in the north seas, based on renewable energy. and we will talk about the global addiction to cheap clothing 10 years on from the rana plaza disaster in bangladesh have we improved conditions for some of the poorest workers in the developing world. but first to sudan, a country fast coming apart at the seams. in khartoum it is now a stark choice between hunger and deprivation indoors and the risk of being killed in the street battles outside. there are tens of thousands of foreign
and after the world cup in qatar gareth southgate reveals why he s decided to stay as england manager. i never want to be in a position where my presence is affecting the team in a negative way. and i didn t believe that was the case. lien note will be bidding for a second major title as she moves through the final at the australian open. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a trans woman, who raped two women before deciding to change her gender, won t be allowed to serve her sentence in a women s only prison. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, made the announcement in the scottish parliament. isla bryson had been remanded to cornton vale women s prison after being convicted of carrying out the rapes when she was a man called adam graham. bryson decided to transition from male to female while awaiting trial. our scotland correpsondent lorna gordon has our top story. isla bryson is a convicted double rapist. the 31 year old started transitioning after bein