katherine, i m rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party s plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you ve just gone through that we ve already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people s taxes, because i believe in a country where people s hard work is rewarded. after cutting national insurance last autumn and in the spring the manifesto will promise to cut it by a further two pence for employees. it will also pledge that the state pension will not be taxed, and make permanent an existing cut to stamp duty for first time buyers, as well as promising that parents will only have to start paying back child benefit when their household income reaches £120,000. the manifesto will also contain pledges to raise defence spending, reform the welfare system, and double down on plans to se
found vaccine freedom. hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. it s a year to the day the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. since then, 29 million cases have been reported here in the us, and 529,000 people have died. tonight, joe biden will address the nation, to remember those who lost their lives, and try to give all those who ve survived this year a sense of hope. yesterday, the president announced the us government has bought another 100 million more doses of thejohnson &johnson vaccine. and in the last hour he signed that enormous $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. thank you, all. appreciate it. let s bring in our north america editor, jon sopel. it is 51 days into the biden administration, he sides into law this huge stimulus package, it has to be seen as an early win for him. yes, i think so and this is very much yes, i think so and this is very much a yes, i think so and this is very much a hallmark of what the b
embers of the house of commons. my government s priority is to ensure the best possible deal as the country leads the european union. members. it was a slimmed down queens beach, and not much of the tory manifesto was there. we will ask what the prospects for this government. as it run out of ideas already, or money will it be power oi’ already, or money will it be power or paralysis that prevails? also tonight: following theresa may s response to the grenfell tower disaster, we hear an opinion on sentimentality. and we will be chatting with the start of the royal opera house s new production of othello. hello. it was an awkward queens beach for so many reasons. it was fregley too hot, and it clashed with ascot, that the cream had to get to art was, and more than anything, it was awkward for theresa may, who did not have a deal with the dup and had tojump on much of what she campaigned on. the dup and had tojump on much of what she campaigned on. queen. but this is t
can we encourage the growth of businesses for the future to bring jobs into the uk, to bring higher wages to the uk and higher skills? ifi wages to the uk and higher skills? if i may, prime minister, did you or did you not know something had gone wrong with our nuclear missiles when you asked mps to renew trident?” wrong with our nuclear missiles when you asked mps to renew trident? i am regularly briefed on national security issues. i was briefed on the successful certification of hms vengeance and her crew. we don t comment on the operational details for national security reasons, but the key issue about the debate that we had in the house of commons on future trident was whether we should renew trident for the future. should we continue to have an independent nuclear deterrent? i have faith in out nuclear deterrent? i have faith in our independent nuclear deterrent. i believe we should continue to have that for the future. the house commons voted for that. sadly, the lea
and threat of coalition air strikes. god will have revenge on isis. entered those who helped isis entered those who helped isis entered the city. the deadline forforming a new devolved government in northern ireland hasjust expired with no agreement. this is scene in stormont, where the secretary of state for northern ireland will be speaking shortly. the new £1 coin is released tomorrow, but are everyday machines ready for it? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news more on theresa may s meeting with nicola sturgeon in a minute or $0. first, let s go over to stormont house in northern ireland, where we re expecting the northern ireland secretaryjames brokenshire to make a statement on the political deadlock in the province. the deadline to form a new devolved government has just passed without an agreement. we expect the northern ireland secretary to emerge in about ten minutes to tell us about his plans. there is no sign of any deal being done by the deadline lipm. the dup