from the old bailey, here s daniel sandford. the subject of a nationwide manhunt, this was constance marten and mark gordon injanuary last this was constance marten and mark gordon in january last year, this was constance marten and mark gordon injanuary last year, as they tried to evade the authorities following the birth of their newborn baby, victoria, who they were worried would be taken into care like their previous four children. on the 1st of march last year, police found victoria s body in a shopping bag in a shed on a brighton allotment. today, constance marten gave evidence in the witness box at the old bailey, are weeping as she said she and mark gordon love their children more than anything in the world. asked if she had been crawl to baby victoria, constance marten said. talking quietly and with a very well spoken accent, she described how she became estranged from her wealthy family because of a traumatic event in her childhood, arguments over her grandmother s
in national insurance, average households are still likely to be worse off at the end of this year than they were five years ago. the institute for fiscal studies also says the budget did not tackle the long term economic choices and challenges the country is facing. it accused both the conservative and labour parties of a conspiracy of silence in failing to address those challenges. our chief economics correspondent, dharsini david, is here. tell us more about what the institute for fiscal studies as saying. in institute for fiscal studies as sa in. , ., institute for fiscal studies as sa inc. , ., saying. in the run up to budget, it is u- to saying. in the run up to budget, it is up to treasury saying. in the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials - saying. in the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials to - saying. in the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials to burn i is up to treasury officials to burn the midnight oil and get the detail
in yemen is out of control, with over 300,000 people affected. the country has been racked by civil war and an intervention by saudi led forces for the past two years. as a result, government health services have collapsed. the white house press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned, reportedly because he was unhappy with president donald trump s appointment of a new communications director. the new appointee, anthony scaramucci, a former wall street financier, denied there had been tensions over his appointment. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has suspended all official contact with israel, as the crisis grows over additional security measures in the old city ofjerusalem. three palestinians were killed in clashes with israeli security forces. three israelis have been stabbed to death in a west bank settlement. now on bbc news, time for the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. on this programme, the last prime minister s questions be
saying some senior ministers were briefing against him because they didn t like his views on brexit. that had followed press stories featuring comments he d reportedly made during a cabinet meeting. remarksjeremy corbyn seized on. mr speaker, the chancellor said this week that some public services servants are overpaid. given the prime minister has had to administer a slap down to her squabbling cabinet, does she think the chancellor was actually talking about her own ministers? i recognise, as i said when i stood on the steps of downing street a year ago, that there are some people our country who are just about managing. they find life a struggle. that actually covers people who are working in the public sector and some people who are working in the private sector. and that s why it s important that the government is taking steps for example, to help those on lowest incomes through the national living wage. it s why we have taken millions of people out of paying income ta