Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
signed by a footballer. now on bbc news, addiction: the road to recovery. a warning, this programme contains upsetting content. cocaine is a devil, to be fair. this is a story of drugs and booze and addiction. i think with addiction the end result for anybody is death, prison, or institution. it s the story of the fight to get clean for those living the edge. generally, seriously, one slip would kill me, because i d feel like there would be no going back. a sharp scratch. at a time when drug and alcohol deaths are soaring, something has to change. i simply hope that people will who have been treated rather like lepers are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition and that they have hope that it can be better. hello. mike? yes. jeremy. didn t recognise you with your mask on, mate. you all right. yeah, good to see you. thank you. come on, we ll have a seat. yeah, that s fine. ..and i m meeting mike. you look younger in person than on. yeah. my god, i
been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. william rick singer was convicted of funnelling money from wealthy parents to university coaches to secure a place for their children at various elite american colleges. now on bbc news addiction: the road to recovery. a warning this programme deals with upsetting themes. cocaine is a devil, to be fair. this is a story of drugs and booze and addiction. i think with addiction the end result for anybody is death, prison, or institution. it s the story of the fight to get clean for those living the edge. generally, seriously, one slip would kill me, because i d feel like there would be no going back. a sharp scratch. at a time when drug and alcohol deaths are soaring, something has to change. i simply hope that people will who have been treated rather like lepers are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition and that they have hope that it can be better. hello. mike? yes. jeremy. didn t recognise you with your
living the edge. generally, seriously, one slip would kill me because i d feel like there would be no going back. a sharp scratch. at a time when drug and alcohol deaths are soaring, something has to change. i simply hope that people who have been treated rather like lepers are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition and that they have hope that it can be better. hello. mike? yes. jeremy. didn t recognise you with your mask on, mate. you all right? yeah, good to see you. thank you. it s early may 2021. come on, we ll have a seat. yeah, that s fine. ..and i m meeting mike. you look younger in person than on. yeah. my god, i almost look like your granddad! yeah. we ve spoken before on zoom, so i already know he has got plenty of troubles. but now it is time for a brew. thanks so much, that s brilliant. cheers, lovely. time for some more detail. when i used to have a drink, cocaine would come hand in hand. so i d have a sip of a pint and then i would
news, are the latest in the so called partygate controversy, prompting further accusations that the prime minister has been lying over his version of events. now on bbc news, addiction: the road to recovery . cocaine is a. ..devil, to be fair. this is a story of drugs and booze and addiction. i think with addiction the end result for anybody is death, prison, or institution. it s the story of the fight to get clean for those living the edge. generally, seriously, one slip would kill me because i d feel like there would be no going back. a sharp scratch. at a time when drug and alcohol deaths are soaring, something has to change. i simply hope that people who have been treated rather like lepers are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition and that they have hope that it can be better. hello. mike? yes. jeremy. didn t recognise you with your mask on, mate. you all right? yeah, good to see you. thank you. it s early may 2021. come on, we ll have a s