Massive fines if they dont act. Im Still Standing better than i ever did. Brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians. Now, eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. And coming up, a Hollywood Gladiator sends a surprise Birthday Message to a british sailor taking part in a round the world yacht race. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has thanked all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its Vaccination Programme ten Million People have now received a first dose. But borisjohnson also issued a warning, describing the levels of covid 19 infections as alarmingly high. He said that while there was growing evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines, the government needed more data before considering any relaxation of covid restrictions. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Sleeves up, syringes ready, vaccine in army medics filling this Church Hall In Chingford where there used to be bingo nights and dog training.
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
it s a sign that the federal reserve s moves to raise interest rates to slow down inflation seems to be working, but analysts still think america s central bank will raise interest rates one more time at their next meeting. now, the cooler inflation is good news for consumers, but it s also good news for us presidentjoe biden, who touted the administration s efforts to bring prices down. now, he is facing re election next year and being able to control inflation without pushing the economy into a recession will be key if he wants another four years in the white house. samira hussain there. let s bring in the milken institute s chief economist, william lee, whojoins us now from nevada. that s the ultimate question that all the central banks around the world are asking them selves. has the us peaked? lots of prices and inflation decreases have come out because supply chains have been restored around the world and consumers are able to get the stuff they want to buy. one of the
there are other factors, which really encourage investors, to modify our rules and revelations in regard to the procedures of financial transfer, and at the same time fiscal policy, and improving certain rules and regulations which are attached to investors and the banking system. the government is very serious to take actions around all these lines, and i want to report the security of iraq is good and iraq has been enjoying a period of safety and security for the last few years. what about corruption? there has been, over many years, a worry about the level of corruption in iraq. a recent news article, the director of the iraq initiative at londons chatham house said: the system of corruption and political patronage is entrenched and has stifled any reform attempts for the past 20 years. what are you doing to address this? corruption is a disease in any society, and it s a serious disease. we have to fight it and we have to really put laws and enforce these laws against cor