At the moment the uk spends about 2. 3 on defence so it will be interesting to see if John Healy the defence actually makes any mention of that at all, particularly given the wide economic context. We had from the Chancellor Rachel reeves this morning about public finances and the central labour we had in the Run Up to the election about them wanting to sustain fiscal discipline. There is escalating tension in the Middle East. Give us an idea of where the government is on this and what messages they are trying to put a cross on both lebanon and israel. We heard from both lebanon and israel. Heard from the foreign Secretary Yesterday in a pretty wide ranging speech when again he touched upon ukraine and continued support for ukraine. He said the escalating tension was worrying and i had to be an immediate ceasefire and the information the government released to citizens in lebanon telling them to leave now. I think we can go no to the Conference Stage. I have a feed in front of me. It i
under your pillow, what are your thoughts? 50 under your pillow, what are your thoughts? under your pillow, what are our thou~hts? ., , your thoughts? so we have been on day two. your thoughts? so we have been on day two, today, your thoughts? so we have been on day two, today, thursday, . your thoughts? so we have been on day two, today, thursday, of| on day two, today, thursday, of the budget. the big picture thing is that some of the think tanks, westminster s brains beyond government have been crunching through it and they have concluded what many a newscaster will know as the kind of bleeding obvious really, but they presented in the spreadsheet and the rest of it, which is that times are really tough people, that wages are squeezed, living standards are squeezed, living standards are squeezed, living standards are squeezed, that household income is squeezed and will be for a while, that the tax burden is the highest it has beenin burden is the highest it has been i
documents. that was part of a deal to end his iii year legal battle over the leaking of vast amounts of secret us military information on the internet. the 52 year old is now on his way home to australia following the hearing. and from where a southeast asia correspondent jonathan had sent this report. the last stage of a very long journey. julian assange walked into the courtroom on this remote pacific island to hear whether the agreement he d struck with us prosecutors would stick. after two hours of very careful consideration by the judge, it did. he pleaded guilty, and she agreed to a sentence equal to the time he d already served in britain. but his lawyers still insist his prosecution for breaking an espionage law was unjust. we firmly believed that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act, and engaged in exercise thatjournalists engage in every day. and we re thankful that they do. it is appropriate, though, for this fight to end and it is appr
to make going up in april. so you have to make choices as a politician and my to make choices as a politician and my choice would not be this tax break and my choice would not be this tax break for the 1%. i m and my choice would not be this tax break for the 1%. tax break for the 1%. i m glad ou tax break for the 1%. i m glad you mentioned tax break for the 1%. i m glad you mentioned fiscal- tax break for the 1%. i m glad you mentioned fiscal drag, i tax break for the 1%. i m glad i you mentioned fiscal drag, one of my favourite buzzwords around this time of year! laughter easily pleased! what is to one microcosmic position on that, would you be increasing that every year if you were chancellor? no more of these phrases that raise money down the line. h phrases that raise money down the line. ., phrases that raise money down the line. . ., , ., the line. i want taxes on working the line. i want taxes on working people - the line. i want taxes on working people to - the line.