now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament, where the chancellor sets out his budget to repair the nation s finances after coronavirus. rishi sunak announces an extension to furlough and higher universal credit, but a freeze on tax thresholds and a tax increase for big business. i recognise they might not be popular, but they are honest. but labour reckons the plans fall short of what s needed. what we got was a budget that papered over the cracks rather than rebuilding the foundations. and in holyrood, nicola sturgeon responds to alex salmond s accusations about her handling of sexual assault complaints against him. many of us, including me, feel very let down by him, and that s a matter of deep, personal pain and regret. i but first, the chancellor rishi sunak has promised to protect the jobs and livelihoods of the british people as the uk emerges from the coronavirus crisis. he was unveiling the contents of his budget, much of
borisjohnson, largely absent up behind him, with the manager, iea boris johnson, largely absent from the table. clearly not very happy and there is no love lost between the former leader, former prime minister and the outgoing first minister. there was also another tricky exchange when mark drakeford discussed simon hart, the welsh secretary for the uk government throughout the pandemic. he was giving evidence on friday when she said she felt as though the welsh government was making decisions during the pandemicjust for the during the pandemic just for the sake during the pandemicjust for the sake of it, to be different to the uk government. mark drakeford completely refuted that and noted simon hart did not give any evidence to back up that theory. also mark drakeford said that simon hart got to the stage where he did not have much to do with the start of the pandemic, otherthan much to do with the start of the pandemic, other than essentially borrowing bothering mark dr
sunshine, but a brisk north westerly wind will feeding and plenty of showers from the west. the cloud will gather through the day and some of those showers will come further inland. some continue to be wintry with elevation and those temperatures about where they should be for this time of year. that s something we ve not seen for a time, 7-10 . something we ve not seen for a time, 7 10 . going something we ve not seen for a time, 7 10. going through something we ve not seen for a time, 7 10 . going through friday evening and overnight, showers will ease away, with the exception in the far south west. here temperatures are staying above freezing, but colder still. yes, the beginning of saturday morning we could see some frost around as well. it s going to be a chilly start to dozens of mps call for lindsay hoyle to resign, as sir keir starmer denies threatening the speaker, and the humanitarian situation in gaza worsens. the speaker said mps safety from protesters angry abou