The truth is taxes are still going up. People feel worse off because they are worse off. So this morning, we have one big question in what direction would labour drive the economy . The woman in charge of the partys calculator, Rachel Reeves, who wants to be the next chancellor is here. The budget promised extra cash to get more bang for taxpayers bucks in the Health Service. Well ask the health secretary, victoria atkins, what difference that will make. And whats it like when your body wont do the Amazing Things you used to do the lead singer of del amitri tells us how parkinsons hasnt stopped him taking to the stage. Morning, morning. Helping me out at the desk for the next 60 minutes, chef and green campaigner Hugh Fearnley whittingstall, john lewis boss dame sharon white, and lord michael howard, former conservative leader, and one time Shadow Chancellor, too. A very warm welcome to all of you. Making the news this morning. The sunday times says Boris Johnson went to venezuela, and
His time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose his time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose her his time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose her as his time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose her as his his time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose her as his vice he will choose her as his Vice President ial candidate. Nikki haley theyre bowing out of the us president ial race this year. The government has warned it Mayjudge Israel to be in breach of International Humanitarian law if it fails to allow more aid into gaza. It comes as the World Food Programme says the israeli army has thwarted its first attempt in two weeks to take food aid to northern gaza. Israel hasnt commented yet. But israeli war cabinet member benny gantz is in london today, where he has met the foreign secretary, lord cameron. Earlier, lord cameron had told parliament there was dreadful suffering in the territory and patience with israel was running thin. And the situation is very
we start in washington, where the us supreme court is hearing a case, that could potentially stop donald trump running in the 2024 presidential election. it is a legal first those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, it is a legal first. those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, arguing he is disqualified from standing because he commited insurrection on january the 6th, trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. that was successfully argued in the state of colorado in december, where he s been removed from the ballot. donald trump and his attorneys are arguing that any effort to stop him running is antidemocratic. the us supreme court is hearing about 80 minutes of oral argument today. we ve been bringing you details from inside the court as proceedings continue. they have about 20 minutes to go, we think. thejustices have given little indication over the last few weeks where they stand on the issue,
now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. a conversation with, rather than a news like interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped the layers. my guest this week made the cover of time magazine when they profiled the first muslim leader of a western democracy. he is at the headline put it, the new face of scotland. the youngest leader this country has had in course of a century of having a devolved scottish government. but this, admits humza yousaf, here in glasgow, has been a difficult year for him. difficult for his party, too, don t buy a police investigation, criticised for failing to deliver, and divided about when independence might actually be possible. humza yousaf, first minister, thanks forjoining me. my pleasure. it has been quite a year! you re telling me! how much do you feel you have aged in that time? i think people can probably look at pictures of before i became first
has warned the walk out will cause huge disruption. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. sharon barbour reports. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhlagh is a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patient in the accident and emergency department, and i can t examine them in a room because there s no space, and so they re on a trolley in the corridor, it s not right. and when you see how little it seems the government values us, again that is a real blow to many doctors morale. we re not asking for a huge pay rise. what we re asking for is our pay to stop being cut and to reverse the pay cuts we ve already suffered. have you thought about leaving? i think alljunior doctors, to be honest, i think most have