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
kenned , perhaps even mystical event. duncan kennedy. thank perhaps even mystical event. duncan kennedy, thank you. time for a look at the weather, here s louise lear. this programme continues on bbc one. hard questions for rishi sunak tonight on the election day bet allegations. how is he handling them and how much is he damaged? good evening, welcome to newsnight, every weeknight, home of lively interviews and electric insight. joining us throughout: david yelland, the former editor of the sun, jo tanner, who wrangled borisjohnson s comms, and top pollster luke tryl. in our sights tonight, the bbc question time show which has just ended on bbc one, in which rishi sunak has had to defend two candidates and a close aide as the gambling commission look into allegations about betting on the date of the general election. inexplicably, someone at tory hq thought it was a good idea to put a spinning roulette wheel in a tory election video. before we dig into that, here s a fla
workers, you pay them more money, and the problem will disappear. i mean, is there an admission now with these visas that the labour problem is broader, deeperand that the labour problem is broader, deeper and far more urgent than the government had led us to believe? led us to believe? yes, absolutely. led us to believe? yes, absolutely. i led us to believe? yes, absolutely. i would - led us to believe? yes, absolutely. i would say| led us to believe? yes, - absolutely. i would say that even before the pandemic, there was an acknowledgement that the uk, the skills gap was quite wide, which has worsened with the pandemic, because workers have fundamentally changed their views about the industries and locations they would like to work in, and now we are grappling with all of that as the labour market tries to adjust. we saw from the ons on tuesday that we have a record high number of vacancies, at 1.2 million. this is as the employment force is now at record highs as well, 29.2 mill
there is serious overcrowding. farmers say they had to start culling pigs later this week. this is heartbreaking. they are seeing their hard earned ware, a really good pork product going to waste. the nfu says pay for butchers is already good but it is a specialistjob, raising wages would just push up prices and not solve the immediate labour problem. 0ne local mp described the prime minister s comments as ill informed and unhelpful. i understand talks are taking place today with defra and the home office. the industry desperate for a speedy solution. let s get more reaction now to the chancellor, rishi sunak, defending his decision to increase taxes, saying there could be no prosperous future unless it was built on the foundation of strong public finances. despite record government borrowing during the crisis, he made it clear that more borrowing is not the long term answer. fiur that more borrowing is not the long-term answer. that more borrowing is not the loni-term answer. .., , .