projected to get to the lowest level in a generation and they have protected that it will have a 17 billion pounds to the economy to get the economy growing and every part of britain. forgive me if i may take you to the policy that you are espousing today which is put more money in the pockets of savers and actually, by your own figures out was looking at the release you put out today summing it up to 10,000 pounds in saving to get an extra 50 for the here from what you are proposing, how is that going to affect inflation? because it makes it more attractive for people to make money into their savings account rather if anybody has 10,000 to keep in their saving, what the effects would be marginal wouldn t they? sure, but what you are looking at is the magnitude for any government has to tackle it but for the chancellor he says that he is doing, we are proposing constructive ways in which he can help to ease the burden and ease the pain for people right now, one
today after filing paperwork. mikes christie says hean couldnn announce in the coming days. and mike pence s allies are launching a super pac, but all eyes are on ron desantis. racee the florida governor is expected to officially get into the race next week and he is giving his biggest tease yet . i he just completed what i would say is the the boldest and most far-reaching agenda that we ve seen in the modern history of the republican party. k at wha been ableif you look an able to accomplish, there is something in there forth anybody in terms of the issues that we tackled at the end of the day, what our country needs to be about is this idea that it really doesn t matter whereel you start from, thate have peope have an opportunity to do big things in this country. and that s been true historically. and we neede to makeag sure it s true again to look att he i desantis also reportedly telling donors that he is the only republican who can beat president biden. but righght n
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, were a court has as i expected rejected the appeal of the us match one. evan gershkovich. evan gershkovich. have a look at these images of evan gershkovich appearing in court. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he and his employer, the wall streetjournal, strongly deny. he appeared at the same court where yesterday an opponent of president putin was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this was the first time evan gershkovich had been seen in public since being arrested. the wall streetjournal reporter was appealing his detention. the appeal was rejected. he s the first western journalist here to be charged with spying since the cold war, a charge that he, his newspaper and his government categorically reject. the charges against evan are baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. a rare glimpse inside the prison wh
wales. it looks pretty messy for the weekend with some longer, heavier spells of rain and then sunday or monday, look what happens there. we start to pick up a northerly wind and temperatures plunge right the way across the uk. spring has not properly set up shop yet. you have been warned, thank you, susan. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday the 18th of april. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the police investigation into snp finances widens. another arrest on the day the new first minister hoped to set out his stall to scotland. is the snp now in freefall and, if it is, what, or who, can stop it? can humza yousaf the snp continuity candidate distance himself from the previous sturgeon regime, when he wa